Yakima

Occurrence in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodity Gemstone
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204495
MAS/MILS ID 0530770139
Record type Site
Current site name Yakima

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.58145, 46.63452 (WGS84)
Elevation 433
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Selah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013 N 018 E 12 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.58145, 46.63452

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 45.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS RED AND MAROON JASPER WITH IRREGULAR YELLOW OPAL PHASES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-JAN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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