Cougar

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228762
MAS/MILS ID 0530370096
Record type Site
Current site name Cougar

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.63557, 47.28562 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021 N 018 E 30 NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • THIS PROSPECT IS PLOTTED ACCORDING TO THE MOUNT STUART FOLIO, NOT AS REPORTED IN WDMG BULL. 37.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.63557, 47.28562

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Washington Gold Co., Inc.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1915
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cougar Gulch Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1934

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC ATLAS - MOUNT STUART FOLIO NO.

  • Deposit

    106.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 131.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-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.