Fraction Placer

Past Producer in Kittitas 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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204846
MRDS ID FS00033
MAS/MILS ID 0530370134
Record type Site
Current site name Fraction Placer
Related records 10022645

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.70537, 47.23812 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Swauk Prairie(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 N 017 E 01 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS REPORTED ONLY AS IN THE SWAUK DISTRICT. MINING & SCIENTIFIC PRESS (1914, P. 473) SAYS FRACTION ADJOINS THE OLD BIGNEY (0530370140.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.70537, 47.23812

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 186.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-MAR-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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