Mount Adams Perlite Deposit

Occurrence in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodity Perlite
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183605
MAS/MILS ID 0530770038
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Adams Perlite Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mount Adams

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.35537, 46.43872 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jennies Butte(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

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011 N 012 E Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATION REPORTED AS ON THE HEADWATERS OF THE KLICKITAT RIVER IN R. 11 OR 12 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Perlite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Eocene-Oligocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 83.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-NOV-83 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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