Gold Hill Placer

Past Producer in Yakima 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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278449
MAS/MILS ID 0530770101
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.43178, 46.90812 (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 32 S2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • U.S. BUR. MINES REFERENCES ARE TO U.S. MINT RECORDS. LOCATION IS REPORTED AS AT THE HEAD OF MORSE CREEK. MOST LIKELY THIS PLACER IS NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH STATE HIGHWAY 410.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.43178, 46.90812

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 Summit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1934, P. 298.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERALS YEARBOOK, 1935, P. 356.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 193.

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.