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King Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047779
MRDS ID M700058
Record type Site
Current site name King Prospect
Related records 10278443

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.86957, 48.7412 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1 1/2 MILES NW OF BAKER PASS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 007E 35 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MIDDLE FORK, NOOKSACK RIVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.86957, 48.7412
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner King, J. H.
    Home office Seattle, Wa
    First year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, MARSHALL T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 14 UNPATENTED CLAIMS ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey

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