Benita

Prospect in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155729
MAS/MILS ID 0530370411
Record type Site
Current site name Benita

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.96618, 47.48482 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Stuart(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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 N 015 E 15 SESWNW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Galena Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Talc Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.96618, 47.48482

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50W
    Dip 75N
    Length 457M
    Width 3.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Strike And Dip N50W:75N
    Date of Last Modification 940404

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cle Elum District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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