| Deposit ID | 10022645 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | FS00033 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fraction Placer Claim |
| Alternate or previous names | New Discovery |
| Related records | 10204846 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -120.66784, 47.24982 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | 16 MILES FROM CLEELUM |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Kittitas(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Swauk Prairie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)
Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)
Yakima(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Kittitas |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 020N | 017E | 02 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gold | Ore |
| Gravel | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Sand | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Tfanaway Basalt | ||||||||
| Rock description | Tfanaway Basalt | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
| Rock unit name | Swauk Formation Sst Shl |
| Rock description | Swauk Formation Sst Shl |
| (1) | -120.66784, 47.24982 |
|---|
| General form | HIGH BARS |
|---|
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1868 |
| Discoverer | J. K. Morrill |
| Year of first production | 1892 |
| District name | Swauk. |
|---|
| Ownership category | |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wenatchee |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gold Placers, Inc. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | FS00033 |
LHOLMGREN, L.E., 1959, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1959.
HOLMGREN, L.E., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.
SUCHY, M.M., 1963, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1963.
SUCHY, M.M., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.
SUCHY, M.M., 1968, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, MAY 1968.
SUCHY, M.M., 1971, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, AUGUST 1971.
1959 OTHER FS
1966 OTHER FS
1971 OTHER FS EXAM - RECOMMENDED ADVERSE PROCEEDINGS
J. M. DAVIDSON, MINING ENGINEER
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SUBJECT LAND IS PRIME RECREATION AREA. |
| Deposit | First Production Year: MAX. PROD. 1892 - 1895 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1975 | Sierk, Betty M. | U.S. Forest Service |
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