Rocket Group

Prospect in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Mercury, 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. Land status
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156750
MAS/MILS ID 530770055
Record type Site
Current site name Rocket Group
Alternate or previous names Rocket

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
Trench -121.2042, 46.67366 (WGS84) 1399 100 Western working on pl. 3, #58, Bull. 1504.
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Trench -121.198, 46.675 (WGS84) 10 Eastern working on pl. 3, #58, Bull. 1504.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rimrock Lake(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 014 N 013 E 27 W2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Mercury Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -121.2042, 46.67366
Trench (2) -121.198, 46.675

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Simmons, G.C., Van Noy, R.M., and Zilka, N.T., 1983, Mineral Resources of the Cougar Lakes-Mount Aix Study Area, Yakima and Lewis Counties, Washington: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, p. 79, TABLE 8, NO. 58; pl. 3, #58.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1994-10-24 Zilka, Nicholas T. U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 2012-12-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey edits and revisions

Beyond USGS

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