Esther and Louisa

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055941
MRDS ID SP00153
Record type Site
Current site name Esther and Louisa
Related records 10036929

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.32258, 47.46065 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chikamin 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)

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 023N 012E 27 N2 OF NE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE EAST SIDE OF A CIRQUE AT THE HEAD OF GOLD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.32258, 47.46065

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Is Sporadically Distributed But Is Locally Of High Grade In The Vein (Huntting, 1956, P. 298; Moen, 1976, P. 142-143).

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VEIN OCCURS NEAR A WIDE GRANODIORITE DIKE (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 298), WHICH PROBABLY IS PART OF THE NEARBY SNOQUALMIE BATHOLITH (TABOR AND OTHERS, 1982, GEOL. MAP).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1896

Mining district

District name Gold Creek

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED ABOUT $1000.00 IN 1896 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 298).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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