Wenatchee River Placer

Past Producer in Chelan 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. 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 10228261
MAS/MILS ID 0530070452
Record type Site
Current site name Wenatchee River Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.57477, 47.55922 (WGS84)
Elevation 312
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peshastin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024 N 018 E 22 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.57477, 47.55922

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Date of Last Modification 940916

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Blewett

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner W. M. Keene And O. A. Benjamin
    Home office Washington
    Year 1897

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 182.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-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.