Nugget Placer

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180304
MAS/MILS ID 0530370142
Record type Site
Current site name Nugget Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.69677, 47.25792 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
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

Liberty(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)

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 020 N 017 E 03 NWNE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.69677, 47.25792

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Little Nugget Properties, Inc.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1952
    First year 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 186.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO LITTLE YORK CLAIM (0530370432) FOR INFORMATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-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.