Negro Creek Placers

The Negro Creek Placers is a gold mine located in Chelan county, Washington at an elevation of 2,559 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

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Site Name

Primary: Negro Creek Placers

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Platinum
Secondary: Chromium

Location

State: Washington
County: Chelan
District: Blewett

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Placer
Discovery Year: 1897
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

Model Name: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: Assay of $.10-120.00/Y

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Sand and Gravel

Comments

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED $100 PRIOR TO 1897 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 181). PLATINUM WAS ALSO FOUND ABOUT 6 MILES UPSTREAM FROM THE MOUTH OF NEGRO CREEK. ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT WAS (REPORTEDLY) PRODUCED (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 281)

Comment (Location): FROM THE MOUTH OF NEGRO CREEK UPSTREAM FOR 6 MILES

Comment (Workings): ADIT SYMBOLS SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Comment (Deposit): NEGRO CREEK DRAINS AN AREA CONTAINING SEVERAL GOLD AND CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF THE BLEWETT CAMP. BEDROCK OF THE AREA INCLUDES ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE INGALLS COMPLEX (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): Pardee, J.T., 1929, Platinum and black sands in Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 805, p. 10.

Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W.; WAITT, R.B.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; SWANSON, D.A.; BYERLY, G.R.; BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-1311, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:100,000, WITH 26 P. TEXT.

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. (v. 1, p. 181).

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 OFR 90-18, p. 17.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1943, INVENTORY OF MINERAL PROPERTIES IN CHELAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 9, 63 P., 1 PL.

Reference (Deposit): PATTY, E.N., AND GLOVER, S.L., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, WITH STATISTICS FOR 1919: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 2,1 P. 84-85.

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