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An Evolution Of Gold Of The Swauk Mining District, Liberty Washington, Timothy Miller
An Evolution Of Gold Of The Swauk Mining District, Liberty Washington, Timothy Miller
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The Swauk Mining District in Central Washington state is a historic mining community with active small scale mining dating back to the 1870’s. Gold has been mined from both lode and placer deposits. The placer deposits of Liberty area are unique due to the variety of gold textures, most notably are the nuggets of tangled masses of dendritic crystals and wire gold.
This research aims to determine the paragenic sequence that led to the formation of the lode and placer gold deposits using a combination of field work and laboratory analyses. Field work consisted of small-scale detailed mapping, recording of …