Snowflake

Prospect in Chelan 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301204
MAS/MILS ID 0530070417
Record type Site
Current site name Snowflake
Alternate or previous names Hill Billy Nos. 1 and 2

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.65507, 47.40062 (WGS84)
Elevation 768
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 017 E 13 SWNENW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.65507, 47.40062

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 3
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940919

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. And P. F. Martin And Others
    Home office Washington
    Year 1979
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Kendle And Henry Weinmann
    Year 1897

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 117.

  • Deposit

    US FOREST SERVICE,1979, REPORT OF MINERAL EXAMINATION: BY

  • Deposit

    D.Y. MESCHTER.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-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.