Gold Links Placer

Occurrence in Yakima 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10253625
MAS/MILS ID 0530770091
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Links Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.43679, 46.98372 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norse Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(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)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Norse Peak Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 017 N 011 E 04 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • REFERENCES NOTE THAT THIS IS 3 PLACER AND 20 LODE CLAIMS. THE TOWNSHIP AND RANGE GIVEN IS QUESTIONABLE. IT IS LIKELY THESE CLAIMS ARE IN UNION OR MORSE CREEKS, ABOUT 4 TO 6 MILES TO THE SOUTH.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 193.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-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.