Gold Hill

Prospect in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204865
MAS/MILS ID 0530770096
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill
Alternate or previous names Lake Paragon Claim, Boston Claim - 0530770106, Eureka Claim, Climax Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.46789, 46.91261 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norse Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(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 Yakima

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 017 N 011 E 31 S2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.46789, 46.91261

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Summit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 180.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE GOLD HILL IS A CONSOLIDATION OF MANY PROPERTIES IN THE SUMMIT MINING DISTRICT. IT CONSISTS OF GROUPS OF CLAIMS WHOSE BOUNDARIES AND NAMES HAVE CHANGED WITH TIME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-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.