Apex

Occurrence in Yakima county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, 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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278231
MAS/MILS ID 0530770045
Record type Site
Current site name Apex
Alternate or previous names Sphalerite Nos. 7 and 8, Acw Nos. 1-5

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -121.35118, 46.75812 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bumping Lake(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 015 N 012 E 29 S2 Washington

Commodities

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

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -121.35118, 46.75812

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bumping Lake District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS IN THIS AREA SUPPOSEDLY CONTAINED SOME SPHALERITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND GALENA WITH VALIES IN SILVER AND GOLD. MINERALIZATION WAS NOT VERIFIED IN 1973. A TOTAL OF 15 CLAIMS FROM COPPER CITY SOUTH. MINERALIZATION MAY ONLY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN THE AREA AROUND COPPER CITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-OCT-94 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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