Ace Of Diamonds Mine, Liberty, Swauk Mining District, Kittitas County, Washington, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Ace Of Diamonds Mine | Mine |
| Liberty | - not defined - |
| Swauk Mining District | Mining District |
| Kittitas County | County |
| Washington | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
47° 15' North , 120° 40' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Thorp | 240 (2011) | 20.2km |
| Cle Elum | 1,901 (2017) | 21.5km |
| South Cle Elum | 536 (2017) | 22.5km |
| Roslyn | 903 (2017) | 24.8km |
| Ronald | 308 (2011) | 27.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ginkgo Mineral Society | Wenatchee, Washington | 33km |
Mindat Locality ID:
15039
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:15039:9
GUID (UUID V4):
b628aaff-004d-4ee8-bd48-2faf88f526f6
Don Volkman visited and reported, "This is a small pit some tens of feet in diameter filled with sedimentary debris. The gold grew there in sand or clay and the gold in quartz and gold in calcite might have been transported there." (Don Volkman (2014). Private Communication). I'm not sure what Don visited but the Ace of Diamonds is a hard rock mine.
However Nick Zentner reports it a crystallised gold hard rock mine on Flag Mountain above Liberty, Washington. It is beside the Ollie Jordan Mine.
Basalt Dykes intruded sedimentary layers and on intersection with carbonaceous shales deposited the gold. So open spaces or calcite or quartz could host the gold.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: |
| ✪ Gold Formula: Au Habit: Delicate arborescent and herring bone Colour: yellow Fluorescence: none Description: Some of Barlow's finest golds , now in the Rice Museum References: |
| ⓘ Gold var. Electrum Formula: (Au,Ag) References: |
| ⓘ Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 References: |
| ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
| ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Gold var. Electrum | 1.AA.05 | (Au,Ag) |
| ⓘ | 1.AA.05 | Au | |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| O | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
| Si | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| K | Potassium | |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| K | ⓘ Muscovite var. Sericite | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Ag | Silver | |
| Ag | ⓘ Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
| Au | Gold | |
| Au | ⓘ Gold var. Electrum | (Au,Ag) |
| Au | ⓘ Gold | Au |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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