Swauk Creek Placers

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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277741
MRDS ID M025886
MAS/MILS ID 0530370145
Record type Site
Current site name Swauk Creek Placers
Alternate or previous names Swauk Mining & Dredging Placer, Mmc Resources Gold Placer Prospect
Related records 10036918

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.69697, 47.24312 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 100(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 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Upper Eocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Swauk Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Swauk Mining And Dredging Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1920
  • Type Operator
    Owner Kittitas Gold Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1923

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 187.

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-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.