1. Mineral Resources
  2. Online Spatial Data
  3. Mineral Resource Data System (MRDS)

Francis Virdin Park

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Map
XML
JSON
KML
C
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048626
MRDS ID MP00226
Record type Site
Current site name Francis Virdin Park
Related records 10055943

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61145, 47.26982 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI NORTHEAST OF LIBERTY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett Pass(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 021N 018E 32 NW4 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • DEPOSIT CONTAINS LEAF GOLD, EXTRACTED FOR SPECIMEN VALUE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicified Zone

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 151
USGS model code 25d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, Sado
Mark3 model number 28

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61145, 47.26982
ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Wenatchee National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL WASHING PLANT OPERATING IN 1990 FOR SPECIMEN GOLD

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL WASHING PLANT (1990)

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. 132

  • Production

    DERKEY AND OTHERS, 1990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ VEINS SUBPARALLEL TO BASALT DIKES IN AREA. SOME VEINS CUT DIKES AT LOW ANGLES. GOLD ORE OCCURS IN CENTER OF VEINS AND IS PARAGENETICALLY YOUNGER THAN QUARTZ AND CALCITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site