Gordon

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Nickel, 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130679
MAS/MILS ID 0530070365
Record type Site
Current site name Gordon

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.72897, 47.42762 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 017 E 05 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS BEAR CREEK, TRIBUTARY TO NEGRO CREEK, BUT NOT SHOWN ON MAPS. BEST GUESS IS USED TO LOCATE IN DIFFERENT SECTION THAN LISTED IN BULL 37.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.72897, 47.42762

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 113.

  • Deposit

    HODGES, 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NW: THE POST

  • Deposit

    INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE , WASH., P. 75-76.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1994 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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