Shotwell Placer

The Shotwell Placer is a gold mine located in Okanogan county, Washington.

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: Shotwell Placer  

State:  Washington

County:  Okanogan

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold

Lat, Long: 48.03417, -119.68278

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Shotwell Placer MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Shotwell Placer


Commodity

Primary: Gold


Location

State: Washington
County: Okanogan


Land Status

Not available


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: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Heavy Minerals Were Deposited In River Gravels.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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

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


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Gold


Comments

Comment (Location): ON A TERRACE ABOUT 100 FEET ABOVE THE COLUMBIA RIVER.

Comment (Production): PRODUCED AN UKNOWN AMOUNT OF GOLD IN 1954. A SMALL AMOUNT OF GOLD WAS PRODUCED AS A BYPRODUCT OF AGGREGATE PRODUCTION FOR CHIEF JOSEPH DAM (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 188).


References

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E.; JOSEPH, N.L.; LASMANIS, R., 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON-PRELIMINARY REPORT: STATE OF WASHINGTON, DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES, DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, 577 P.

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.


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