Railroad Creek Placer

Prospect 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252928
MAS/MILS ID 0530070444
Record type Site
Current site name Railroad Creek Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.61149, 48.18982 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
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

Lucerne(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(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 031 N 018 E 08 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SOURCE INCORRECTLY GIVES LOCATION AS SEC. 16 AND 17

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.61149, 48.18982

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 Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Railroad Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 181.

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.