Lovitt

The Lovitt is a gold mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 1,201 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

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Site Name

Primary: Lovitt
Secondary: L-D Gold Mine
Secondary: Golden King
Secondary: Wenatchee
Secondary: Squillchuck
Secondary: Gold King Mine

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Wenatchee District

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

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Asamera Minerals (U. S.), Inc., And Breakwater Resources, Ltd.
Years: 1990 -

Production

Year: 1967
Time Period: 1949-1967
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.396 Oz/Ton Au, 0.607 Oz/Ton Ag
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1944-1946
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.42 Oz/Ton Au, 0.49 Oz/Ton Ag

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1894
Discovery Year: 1885
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Comstock

Orebody

Form: IRREGULAR STOCKWORK, VEINS, DISSEMINATED, BONANZA BODIES

Structure

Type: R
Description: Nw Trending Chiwakum Graben Bounded By Entiat And Leavenworth Faults

Type: L
Description: Zone Of Northerly Trending Steep Faults And Imbricate Thrust Faults.

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: 3 Stages Of Hydrothermal Alteration: Sericitization; Silicification And Brecciation; Resilicification. Also Argillic, Potassic, And Chloritic Alteration

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVERAGE OF ORE PRODUCED FROM 1949 TO 1967 IS 0.396 OZ/TON AU AND 0.607 OZ/TON AG.

Materials

Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Naumannite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Production): HUNTTING (1956) REPORTED 240 TONS IN 1894, 170 TONS IN 1910, 20,000 TONS 1938-1939, AND 6,216 TONS IN 1944-46

Comment (Development): LONG HOLE DRILLING WAS ACCEPTED METHOD FOR EXPLORING EXTENSIONS OF KNOWN ORE BODIES IN 1960'S. ORE IS VERY FINE-GRAINED AND EARLY MILLING OPERATIONS MADE POOR RECOVERY. CYANIDATION HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): SILICIFIED "REEFS" THAT EXTEND NW FROM GOLD KING MINE ARE LOCALLY MINERALIZED AND PROBABLY REPRESENT A MODERATE SIZED GOLD RESOURCE - ALBEIT TOO LOW GRADE TO MINE AT PRESENT-DAY (MID 1970'S) PRICES.

Comment (Workings): QUARRY, 2 ADITS, INCLINED SHAFT

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS COVER A 2 MI X 300 FT AREA. MAIN ORE ZONE IS 300 X 200 X 50 FT. MINERALIZATION IS IN AND NEAR A THRUST ZONE WITH WHICH AREA ASSOCIATED HYPABYSSAL INTRUSIONS. SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN AREA HAVE A STEEP DIP

Comment (Location): ON WEST SIDE OF SQUILLCHUCK CREEK

Comment (Deposit): NW-TRENDING SILICIFIED ZONES - LOCALLY CALLED REEFS EXTEND NORTHWEST FROM GOLD KING MINE AND APPARENTLY MARK ZONE OF GOLD MINERALIZATION. DEPOSIT ZONE EXTENDS 1 MI NW TO THE B-REEF MINE WHICH CONTAINS LOWER GRADE ORE BUT WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORDS W017903, US53037 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED

Comment (Geology): COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT (YAKIMA) OVERLIES SEDIMENTARY ROCKS IN AREA

Comment (Commodity): BOTH VEINS AND COUNTRY ROCK CONTAIN SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES OF GOLD.

References

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. 14-15.

Reference (Production): PATTON AND CHENEY, 1972; HUNTTING, 1956; LOVITT AND SKERL, 1958

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. 112.

Reference (Deposit): LOVITT, E.H., AND SKERL, A.C. 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE LOVITT GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 10, NO. 9, P. 963-966.

Reference (Deposit): PATTON, T.C., AND CHENEY, E.S., 1972, L-D GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON, NEW STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FUTURE EXPLORATION: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING ENGINEERS TRANSACTIONS FOR 1971, V. 250, P.6-11.

Reference (Deposit): FOSTER, R.J., 1960, TERTIARY GEOLOGY OF A PORTION OF THE CENTRAL CASCADE MOUNTAINS, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 71, NO. 2, P. 99-126.

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