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Magpie Canyon Prospect

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036911
MRDS ID M025878
Record type Site
Current site name Magpie Canyon Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69034, 47.09899 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.4 MI NORTHWEST OF THORP; ABOUT 10 MI NORTHWEST OF ELLENSBURG, Estimated Adjacent To Canyon Shown In Ne/4 Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Thorp(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 019N 017E 34 NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS ON HIGHWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Rock unit name Ellensburg Formation
    Rock description Ellensburg Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.69034, 47.09899
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., WAITT, R.B., JR., FRIZZELL, V.A., JR., SWANSON, D.A., BYERLY, G.R., AND BENTLEY, R.D., 1982, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WENATCHEE 1:100,000 QUADRANGLE, CENTRAL WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS MAP I-1311, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT DEPOSIT IS AVAILABLE. HOWEVER, FROM GEOLOGIC MAP, DEPOSIT APPEARS TO BE WITHIN TERTIARY SEDIMENTARY ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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