Chinook

Past Producer in Yakima 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156743
MRDS ID W017916
MAS/MILS ID 0530770081
Record type Site
Current site name Chinook

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.49869, 46.88921 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norse Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(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 Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016 N 010 E 12 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.49869, 46.88921

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hidden Treasure Mines, Inc.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 106.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO HIDDEN TREASURE (0530770084). WIDENING OF THE HIGHWAY HAS DESTROYED PART OF THE WORKINGS. MINOR SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND MOLYBEDNITE IS REPORTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-MAR-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.