Eldorado

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130667
MAS/MILS ID 0530070727
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -120.8459, 48.20042 (WGS84)
Elevation 1940
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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)

Glacier Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031 N 016 E 10 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Unknown
Marcasite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -120.8459, 48.20042

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 22M
    Length 960M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin UNKNOWN
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 941018

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Creek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES UNPUBLISHED GLACIER PEAK WILDERNESS

  • Deposit

    STUDY. MAP NO. 42.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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