Gold Mountain

Prospect 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301461
MAS/MILS ID 0530370104
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.03369, 47.48312 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Davis Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(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 023 N 014 E 13 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION IS REPORTED ONLY AS NEAR THE MOUTH OF FORTUNE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.03369, 47.48312

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HODGES, L.K., 1897, MINING IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: THE

  • Deposit

    POST INTELLIGENCER, SEATTLE, WA, P. 63.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 132.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-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.