Bob Hopper Mine

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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228864
MAS/MILS ID 0530370167
Record type Site
Current site name Bob Hopper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.69337, 47.24652 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 500(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 10 NWNE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ACROSS THE STREAM FROM THE RANGER STATION ON THE 97 NORTH HIGHWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.69337, 47.24652

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Hopper And Sons Mining
    ID 4502722
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED OCTOBER 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/27/1985
MSHA mine ID4502722
Mine name (MSHA)Chic U G Placer
Current operatorGold Teck Resources
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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