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Cle-Elum

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277771
MAS/MILS ID 0530370174
Record type Site
Current site name Cle-Elum
Alternate or previous names Cle Elum, Copper Queen Claims, Silver Bow

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.01058, 47.45342 (WGS84)
Elevation 1707
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(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 023 N 015 E 30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: WDMG BULL. 37 (1956, P. 298) REPORTS THIS MINE IN SEC. 24, T. 23 N., R. 14 E. HOWEVER, HODGES (1897, MAP) SHOWS IT IS PROBABLY IN SEC. 30, T. 23 N., R. 15 E. A FIELD CHECK OF THE AREA IN 1973 REVEALED WORKINGS IN THIS SECTION WHICH ARE PROBABLY THE OLD CLE-ELUM PROSPECT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Pre-Tertiary ultrabasic intrusive rocks
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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., P. 64 (MAP NO. 60).

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 61, 298.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1542-E, 1989, P. 198-199.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-94 Mcmahan U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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