Turtle Rapids Placer

Past Producer in Ferry 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252568
MAS/MILS ID 0530190177
Record type Site
Current site name Turtle Rapids Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.25111, 48.17815 (WGS84)
Elevation 488

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kewa(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031 N 036 E 15 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Upper Paleozoic rocks, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 1, P. 184.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON COLUMBIA RIVER, 2 MI. ABOVE BLUE BAR, NEAR TURTLE RAPIDS, NEAR COVADA. DEPOSIT IS ON A TERRACE 60 FT. ABOVE HIGH WATER EXTENDING ALONG THE RIVER FOR SEVERAL MILES AND CONTAINS A PAYSTREAK A FEW INCHES THICH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-SEP-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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