| Deposit ID | 10159924 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0530770116 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mount Adams Fumarole |
| Alternate or previous names | Summit of Mt Adams |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -121.49147, 46.20232 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 3718 |
| Location accuracy | 500(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Yakima(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Adams East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Klickitat(hydrologic unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Gifford Pinchot National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Mount Adams Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Yakima |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 008 N | 010 E | 12 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gypsum-Anhydrite | Tertiary |
| Potassium | Primary |
| Sulfur | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | Pleistocene-Recent volcanic rocks |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Prospect |
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Wilderness |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Don And Loretta Hanson (Royal Great Yellow Cake Claim) |
| Year | 1966 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lillian P. Smith And L. Edith Lee (White Frosting Claim) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Zen Cutting And O. S. Mc Adams (Tip Top Claim) |
| Year | 1968 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530770116 |
WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,
P. 5, 51, AND 134.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF LOW TEMPERATURE VEIN DEPOSITS OF GOLD, SILVER, AND COPPER HAVE ENOUGH POTENTIAL TO WARRANT PROSPECTING. HOT GAS VENTS INDICATE SOME UNEVALUATED GEOTHERMAL POTENTIAL. BECAUSE OF THE INACCESSIBILITY, CLIMATE, AND LEGAL RESTRUCTIONS, ANY USE OF MINERAL RESOURCES AT THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ADAMS SHOULD BE DONE CAUTIOUSLY. COMMODITY IS ALUM ALONG WITH GYPSUM AND SULVER LOCATED AT NEAR THE SUMMIT OF MOUNT ADAMS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 03-JAN-1994 | Ridenour, James | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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