Virden Locality

Prospect in Kittitas 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277591
MAS/MILS ID 0530370224
Record type Site
Current site name Virden Locality
Alternate or previous names Horse Canyon, Mccallum, Lauderdale Lodge

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.70947, 47.17482 (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

Swauk Prairie(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 019 N 017 E 04 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE HEAD OF HORSE CANYON IS IN THE SW/4 SEC. 34, THE NE/4 SEC. 3, AND THE NW/4 SEC. 4. AS THE SPECIFIC SITE IS NOT REPORTED IN THE REFERENCES, THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE ABOVE SECTIONS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.70947, 47.17482

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-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.