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Esther and Louisa

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180086
MAS/MILS ID 0530370175
Record type Site
Current site name Esther and Louisa

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.31179, 47.46202 (WGS84)
Elevation 1439
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chikamin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(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)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 N 012 E 26 NWNWNW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Unknown
Pyrargyrite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.31179, 47.46202
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Date of Last Modification 940404

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snoqualmie

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE

  • Deposit

    POST INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE, WA, P. 61 (GOLD CREEK MAP).

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS OF THE U.S., SNOQUALMIE

  • Deposit

    FOLIO NO. 139, 1906, P. 14.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 298.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542, 1989, P. 198; FIG. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-94 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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