Rainier

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Nickel, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130601
MAS/MILS ID 0530070408
Record type Site
Current site name Rainier

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.70477, 47.42732 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blewett(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(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 022 N 017 E 03 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN SECTION 4 ON NEGRO CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.70477, 47.42732

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Date of Last Modification 940922

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Blewett

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Negro Creek Nickel And Copper Mining Co.
    Year 1897

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART II, V. 1, P. 116.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-SEP-1994 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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