The Lovitt is a gold and silver mine located in Chelan county, Washington.
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Lovitt MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lovitt
Secondary: Golden King
Secondary: Wenatchee
Secondary: Squillchuck
Secondary: Gold King
Secondary: L-D;
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Wenatchee
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Alteration, Particularly Silicification, Is Important In Ore Localization. Other Aleteration Minerals Include Sericite, Agillic Minerals, Potassium Silicates, And Chlorite.
Rocks
Name: Rhyodacite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Acanthite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Naumannite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Electrum
Ore: Hessite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Marcasite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Siderite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): AN UNNAMED SANDSTONE UNIT AND THE OVERLYING EOCENE CHUMSTICK FORMATION HOST MINERALIZATION AT THE LOVITT AND NEARBY CANNON MINES. MINERALIZATION OCURRS IN FAVORABLY ALTERED (COMMOLY SILICIFIED) HORIZONS OF THESE EXTENSIVELY DEFORMED AND BRECCIATED ARKOSIC SANDSTONE UNITS (OTT, 1988, P. 20-23).
Comment (Deposit): THE LOVITT IS PART OF THE PROPERTY CONTROLLED BY THE CANNON MINE, WHICH IS CURRENTLY (1990) BEING MINED AS A JOINT VENTURE PROJECT OF ASAMERA MINERALS INC. AND BREAKWATER RESOURCES LTD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): ON THE WEST SIDE OF SQUILLCHUCK CREEK
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: FROM 1949-1967 1,036,572 TONS OF ORE YIELDED 410,482 OZ AU (0.396 OZ/TON) AND 625,849 OZ AG (0.60 OZ/TON) (OTT, 1988, P. 10).
References
Reference (Deposit): OTT, L.E., 1988, ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE MINING DISTRICT, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY THESIS, 270 P., 2 PL.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18.
Reference (Deposit): GRESENS, R.L., 1983, GEOLOGY OF THE WENATCHEE AND MONITOR QUADRANGLES, CHELAN AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES BULLETIN 75, 75 P., 3 PL.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67P.
Reference (Deposit): LOVITT, E.H.; SKERL, A.C., 1958, GEOLOGY OF THE LOVITT GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON: MINING ENGINEERING, V. 10, NO. 9, P. 963-966.
Reference (Deposit): OTT, L.E.; GROODY, DIANE; FOLLIS, E.L.; SIEMS, P/L/, 1986, STRATIGRAPHY, STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY, ORE MINERALOGY, AND HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION AT THE CANNON MINE, CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON, U.S.A. IN MCDONALD, A.J., EDITOR, GOLD '86-AN INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF GOLD DEPOSITS-PROCEEDINGS VOLUME; GOLD '86 [TORONTO, ONT.], P. 425-435.
Reference (Deposit): PATTON, T.C.; CHENEY, E.S., 1971, L-D GOLD MINE, WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON- NEW STRUCTURAL INTERPRETATION AND ITS UTILIZATION IN FUTURE EXPLORATION: SOCIETY OF MINING ENGINEERS OF AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 250, NO. 1, P. 6-11.
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