Condon Ferry Placer

Unknown in Douglas county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179990
MAS/MILS ID 0530470512
Record type Site
Current site name Condon Ferry Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.31225, 48.10984 (WGS84)
Elevation 268
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trefry Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chief Joseph(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Douglas
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 N 028 E 09 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • The county boundary falls in the same river as the placer, so Douglas county was added and promoted to first place in order to correct a disagreement with lat/long.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.31225, 48.10984

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. BULL.37-2,P.187; $100/DAY IN 1939; ON COLUMBIA R.;

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines
Editor 19-JUN-08 Schruben, Paul U.S. Geological Survey Fixed lat/long-county disagreement.

Beyond USGS

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