Cascade Chief

Past Producer 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277182
MAS/MILS ID 0530370094
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Chief
Alternate or previous names First of August, Morrison, First of July, Fourth of July, Uncle Sam, Gladstone

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.64837, 47.28342 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(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 017 E 25 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.64837, 47.28342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Swauk Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 131.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY IS INCLUDED IN FIVE LODE CLAIMS AND ONE PLACER CLAIM (COUGAR). THE TOWNSHIP AND RANGE AS REPORTED IN WDMG BULL. 37 IS INCORRECT IF PROPERTY IS IN COUGAR GULCH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAR-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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