Wenatchee Ridge Feldspar

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Feldspar
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. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203678
MAS/MILS ID 0530070278
Record type Site
Current site name Wenatchee Ridge Feldspar
Alternate or previous names W R Matthews and Assoc, Feldslite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.88009, 47.84562 (WGS84)
Elevation 930
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Howard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(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 027 N 016 E 08 SWSWSW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.88009, 47.84562

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Date of Last Modification 940923

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chiwawa District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. R. Matthews And Associates
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1987
    First year 1972
    Last year 1987
  • Type Unknown
    Owner M. C. Industrial Corp.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1991
    First year 1988
    Last year 1991
  • Type Owner
    Owner Feldslite Corp. Of America
    Home office Delaware
    Year 1975

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL INFO CIRCULAR 48, P. 37

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART I, V. 1, P. 40.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUR MINES INFO CIRCULAR 7752, P. 26-28.

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV NAT RESOURCES AIMS MASTER FILE APP NO 011295.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COMPANY REPORTED 35.5 MILLION TONS FELDSPAR, BUT PROPOSED MINING IN 1975 OF 100,000 TONS/YR FOR 10 YRS. ALSO SAID THAT IT COULD BE LONGER OR SHORTER DUE TO MARKET CONDITIONS. ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESMENT DONE BY FOREST SERVICE. ALSO LOCATED IN SECS. 7, 16, 17, AND T.27N., R.15 E., SEC. 12.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-FEB-1995 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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