Fraction Placer Claim

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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022645
MRDS ID FS00033
Record type Site
Current site name Fraction Placer Claim
Alternate or previous names New Discovery
Related records 10204846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.66784, 47.24982 (WGS84)
Relative position 16 MILES FROM CLEELUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swauk Prairie(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 020N 017E 02 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • OLD TOWNSITE OF LIBERTY, WA

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EXAMINATION OF CLAIM DOES NOT CONFIRM EXISTENCE OF ANY VALUABLE MINERAL DEPOSITS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Gravel Ore
Magnetite Ore
Sand Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Tfanaway Basalt
    Rock description Tfanaway Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Swauk Formation Sst Shl
    Rock description Swauk Formation Sst Shl

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.66784, 47.24982

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form HIGH BARS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1868
Discoverer J. K. Morrill
Year of first production 1892

Mining district

District name Swauk.

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wenatchee

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Gold Placers, Inc.

Comments on development

  • WORK PERFORMED AS PART OF MINERAL EXAMINATION FOR VALIDITY DETERMINATION BY U.S. FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINERS. DID NOT DISCLOSE A DISCOVERY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LHOLMGREN, L.E., 1959, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1959.

  • Deposit

    HOLMGREN, L.E., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.

  • Deposit

    SUCHY, M.M., 1963, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1963.

  • Deposit

    SUCHY, M.M., 1966, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, OCTOBER 1966.

  • Deposit

    SUCHY, M.M., 1968, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, MAY 1968.

  • Deposit

    SUCHY, M.M., 1971, FOREST SERVICE MINERAL EXAMINATION, AUGUST 1971.

  • Deposit

    1959 OTHER FS

  • Deposit

    1966 OTHER FS

  • Deposit

    1971 OTHER FS EXAM - RECOMMENDED ADVERSE PROCEEDINGS

  • Production

    J. M. DAVIDSON, MINING ENGINEER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUBJECT LAND IS PRIME RECREATION AREA.
Deposit First Production Year: MAX. PROD. 1892 - 1895

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1975 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Forest Service

Beyond USGS

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