The Ollie Jordin is a gold mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 2,851 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 2,851 Feet (869 Meters)
Commodity: Gold
Lat, Long: 47.25861, -120.65056
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Ollie Jordin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ollie Jordin
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Swauk District
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Wenatchee Natinal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ollie Jordin And Miss Ollie Blissett
Years: 1938 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado
Orebody
Form: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVG. $40/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): DERKEY AND OTHERS GIVE SEC. 2 FOR CADASTRAL LOCATION, BUT THIS DOES NOT FIT DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION. LAT/LONG PRESUMED CORRECT AS THEY PLOT ON A SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTIVE LOCATION
Comment (Commodity): WIRE GOLD
Comment (Production): PRODUCTION COVERS 2 YEARS
Comment (Development): SEVERAL COMPANIES WERE ACTIVE IN AREA IN 1990 DOING DRILLING AND GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION. CROWN RESOURCES CORP WAS DRILLING IN SECS. 1 AND 2, IN OR NEAR OLLIE JORDIN
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS SUBPARALLEL TO BASALT DIKES IN AREA. SOME VEIN CUT DIKES AT LOW ANGLES. SILICIFIED ZONE 4 FT WIDE CONTAINS SMALL MINERALIZED QUARTZ-CALCITE STRINGERS. GOLD OCCURS IN RICH POCKETS
Comment (Workings): ADIT
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 133.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 141.
Reference (Deposit): JOSEPH, N.L., 1991, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 3-24.
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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