Similkameen Placers

The Similkameen Placers is a gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,027 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

Name: Similkameen Placers  

State:  Washington

County:  Okanogan

Elevation: 1,027 Feet (313 Meters)

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 48.93972, -119.44639

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Similkameen Placers MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Similkameen Placers


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum


Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan


Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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.


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1859
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains


Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE


Orebody

Form: BARS AND LOWER TERRACES


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Holocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS ON SIMILKAMEEN RIVER AT OROVILLE, EASTERNMOST EXTENT OF PLACERS; PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = OROVILLE 1:24000

Comment (Production): REPORTEDLY SMALL BYPRODUCT PGE PRODUCTION, BUT THIS HAS NOT BEEN VERIFIED


References

Reference (Production): DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

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. 271.

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. 281.

Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., AND GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 21, P. 84-85.

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1929, PLATINUM AND BLACK SAND IN WASHINGTON, IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1928: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 805, P. 2, 10.


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