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Williams Creek Placers

Past Producer 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036915
MRDS ID M025882
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Creek Placers
Related records 10055954

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.68339, 47.24593 (WGS84)
Elevation 400
Relative position ABOUT 0.6 MI EAST OF LIBERTY ON MILL CREEK. SOUTH OF LIBERTY ON WILLIAMS CREEK

Site location context

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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020N 017E 02,10,11 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN A CHERRY STEM INTO WENATCHEE NATIONAL FOREST. ALONG WILLIAMS CREEK AT ITS JUNCTION WITH SWAUK CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.68339, 47.24593
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk District

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE HAD "CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION"

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. 187.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METALIC MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 146.

  • Production

    DERKEY, 1990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GOOD PAY GRAVEL IS WITHIN 3-4 FT OF BEDROCK AND 70-80 FT BELOW PRESENT STREAM LEVEL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1992 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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