Swauk Mining & Dredging Placer

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036918
MRDS ID M025886
Record type Site
Current site name Swauk Mining & Dredging Placer
Related records 10277741

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.69561, 47.24399 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 50(meters)

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

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Comments on the location information

  • A GOLD DREDGE WAS PUT INTO OPERATION (1920) NEAR THE JUNCTION OF WILLIAMS AND SWAUK CREEKS. THE INTENT WAS TO WORK OVER THE GREATER PART OF THE SWAUK BASIN; 1:62500 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1958 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Upper Eocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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