Sunnyside-White Bluffs Road

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 10229408
MAS/MILS ID 0530770140
Record type Site
Current site name Sunnyside-White Bluffs Road

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.90443, 46.49093 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sulphur Spring(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walla Walla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Yakima(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 012 N 023 E 26 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.90443, 46.49093

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 REPORTED AS A TANGLE OF PETRIFIED WOOD FRAGMENTS IN SMALL GULLIES CROSSED BY SUNNYSIDE-WHITE BLUFFS ROAD IN SECS. 26 OR 35.

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.