Boss

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277381
MAS/MILS ID 0530370343
Record type Site
Current site name Boss
Alternate or previous names Skeeter Creek Workings, Vidette

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.07449, 47.55122 (WGS84)
Elevation 1890
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Cradle(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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)

Alpine Lakes Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 024 N 014 E 22 SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.07449, 47.55122

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Date of Last Modification 940404

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE

  • Deposit

    POST INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE, WA (CLE ELUM MAP).

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 131.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542, 1989, P. 158, 164.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED AS AN EXTENSION OF THE AMERICAN EAGLE PROPERTY (0530370330). MOST LIKELY THE SKEETER CREEK WORKINGS IN USGS BULL. 1542. POSSIBLY THE VIDETTE PROPERTY IN HODGES (CLE ELUM MAP, NO. 3).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-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.