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Swauk Creek Placers

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048612
MRDS ID MP00210
Record type Site
Current site name Swauk Creek Placers
Related records 10055953

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.70089, 47.21343 (WGS84)
Elevation 686
Relative position ABOUT 0.8 MI NORTH OF LAUDERDALE JUNCTION

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020N 017E 22 NEAR CENTER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALONG SWAUK CREEK BETWEEN BAKER AND FIRST CREEKS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore

Analytical data

Result GRADES FROM A FEW CENTS TO $40/YD

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 119
USGS model code 39a
Deposit model name Placer Au-PGE
Mark3 model number 54

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Holocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.70089, 47.21343
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STREAM SEDIMENT DEPOSITS
    Thickness 24.38M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Stream Hydraulics

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk District

Comments on the production information

  • SAID TO HAVE HAD CONSIDERABLE PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 144.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 187.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PAY GRAVELS AT AND NEAR BEDROCK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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