The Great Republic is a antimony, gold, and silver mine located in King county, Washington.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Antimony, Gold, Silver
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
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Washington
County: King
District: Miller River
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Vein
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
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Kaolinite
Comments
Comment (Location): AT THE FIRST FALLS ON HAPPY THOUGHT CREEK ABOUT 1/2 MILE FROM THE MILLER RIVER
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED 1938-1941 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 17).
Comment (Deposit): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE SILVER PASS VOLCANIC MEMBER OF THE SWAUK FORMATION. THE VOLCANIC MEMBER CONSISTS OF RHYOLITIC TO ANDESITIC BRECCIA AND FELDSPAR PORPHYRY (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982, P. 13). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
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, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): LIVINGSTON, V.E., JR., 1971, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF KING COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 63, 200 P., 8 PL.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 39, 186 P.
Reference (Deposit): TABOR, R.W.; FRIZZELL, V.A., JR.; BOOTH, D.B.; WHETTEN, J.T.; WAITT, R.B.; ZARTMAN, R.E., 1982, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SKYKOMISH RIVER 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 82-747, 31 P., 1 PL.
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