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Fidalgo Island

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047979
MRDS ID M700354
Record type Site
Current site name Fidalgo Island
Related records 10180193

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.63348, 48.46036 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MI SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF ANACORTES. 4.5 MILES BY ROAD FROM RAILROAD AT ANACORTES., Estimated Between Lake Erie And Sugarloaf In Sec. 1

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deception Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puget Sound(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 001E 01,02 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR MT. ERIE PARK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Analytical data

Result $20/TON (IN ALL VALUES?)

Nearby scientific data

(1) Pre-Carboniferous intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Thickness 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFROMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE. HOST ROCKS PRESUMED TO BE PART OF ACCRETED TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gibbons, Lester E.
    Home office Anacortes, Wa
    First year 1940

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 4-FT-WIDE VEIN. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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