White River

Producer in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Silica, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183963
MAS/MILS ID 0530330181
Record type Site
Current site name White River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -121.8345, 47.16651 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cyclone Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puyallup(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 019 N 008 E Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silica Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -121.8345, 47.16651

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Weyerhaeuser Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 130.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63, 1971, TABLE 28, P. 169

  • Deposit

    WA. GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 1, MAR. 1990, P. 8, 17.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: GOLD AND SILVER HAS BEEN PRODUCED FROM UNNAMED PROPSECTS IN THIS AREA. MORE RECENTLY, WEYERHAEUSER HAS INTERMITTENTLY BEEN EXPLORING FOR GOLD. AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HAVE SOLD SILICA TO VARIOUS OPERATORS WHO HAVE REMOVED THE MATERIAL FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references