Washington State

Producer in Washington, United States with commodity Platinum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10037874
MRDS ID M045071
Record type Site
Current site name Washington State

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.42945, 47.38634 (WGS84)
Relative position No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monitor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NYE HAS A GEOLOGIC AND CLAIM MAP WITH HIS PAPER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • RECALCULATED ANALYSIS BY MERTIE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.42945, 47.38634

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1915 TO 1922

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA IS FOR ENTIRE STATE. LOCATIONS OF PRODUCTION ARE NOT GIVEN.
  • 2) EST HIGH TOTAL TASMANIA PRODUCTION FROM QUIRING (1962) BUT AFTER 1934 WAS THE MAJOR PRODUCING DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SHEDD, SOLON, 1924, MIN. RES. WASHINGTON 1922, BULL. 30, P. 14, 15, 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ANNUAL RAIN FALL AT ADAMSFIELD 50 INCHES MINIMUM. SEVERAL OS-IR NUGGETS OVER ONE OZ FOUND AT ADAMSFIELD, LARGEST FROM MAIN CREEK = 1 OZ, 11 DWTS, 1 GR. OS-IR INVARIABLY ACCOMPANIES SERPENTIZED PERIDOTITE. NYE FEELS THAT THE OS-IR IS WITHOUT DOUBT SHED FROM THE SERPENTINE. ALSO, THE OS-IR IS ASSOCIATED WITH CHROMITE AND GOLD.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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