The Great Republic is a antimony mine located in King county, Washington at an elevation of 1,201 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: 1,201 Feet (366 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 47.69861, -121.40000
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Great Republic MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Great Republic
Secondary: Happy Thought
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River 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 Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Wible
Home Office: Tacoma, Wa.
Years: 1971 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1892
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: LENSES AND DISSEMINATIONS IN VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillization, Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ONE ASSAY SHOWED: 14.05% SB, 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 2.41 OZ/TON AG. 6 UNREPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES YIELDED 0.06-21.62% SB, 0-0.5 OZ/TON AG
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEIN IN FLAT LYING FAULT. ONE LENS OF STIBNITE WAS 4 FT LONG BY 2.5 FT WIDE
Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS, RAISE
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORD W017909 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Comment (Location): AT FIRST FALLS ON HAPPY THOUGHT CREEK 0.5 MI ABOVE ITS MOUTH AT MILLER RIVER. WORKINGS ARE ON BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH BANKS
References
Reference (Deposit): WHITE, D.E., 1962, ANTIMONY IN THE UNITED STATES: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR - 20.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, P. 75-78.
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. 17.
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. 117.
Reference (Deposit): GUALTIERI, J.L., THURBER, H.K., MILLER, M.S., MCMAHAN, A.B., AND FEDERSPIEL, F.F., 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES OF ADDITIONS TO THE ALPINE LAKES STUDY AREA, CHELAN, KING, AND KITTITAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-3, P. 196.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, P. 141-142.
Reference (Deposit): 1900 DIREXPL GREAT REPUBLIC MINING CO
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