Ollie Jordin

The Ollie Jordin is a gold mine located in Kittitas county, Washington at an elevation of 2,851 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: Ollie Jordin

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Kittitas
District: Swauk District

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.
Administrative Organization: In Wenatchee Natinal Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Ollie Jordin And Miss Ollie Blissett
Years: 1938 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

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

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Sado

Orebody

Form: VEIN

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AVG. $40/TON AU

Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Location): DERKEY AND OTHERS GIVE SEC. 2 FOR CADASTRAL LOCATION, BUT THIS DOES NOT FIT DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION. LAT/LONG PRESUMED CORRECT AS THEY PLOT ON A SHAFT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP THAT MATCHES DESCRIPTIVE LOCATION

Comment (Commodity): WIRE GOLD

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION COVERS 2 YEARS

Comment (Development): SEVERAL COMPANIES WERE ACTIVE IN AREA IN 1990 DOING DRILLING AND GEOPHYSICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION. CROWN RESOURCES CORP WAS DRILLING IN SECS. 1 AND 2, IN OR NEAR OLLIE JORDIN

Comment (Deposit): QUARTZ VEINS SUBPARALLEL TO BASALT DIKES IN AREA. SOME VEIN CUT DIKES AT LOW ANGLES. SILICIFIED ZONE 4 FT WIDE CONTAINS SMALL MINERALIZED QUARTZ-CALCITE STRINGERS. GOLD OCCURS IN RICH POCKETS

Comment (Workings): ADIT

References

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. 133.

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. 141.

Reference (Deposit): JOSEPH, N.L., 1991, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY - 1990: WASHINGTON GEOLOGY, V. 19, NO. 1, P. 3-24.

Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956

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