Samish Bay

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088852
MRDS ID M700295
Record type Site
Current site name Samish Bay
Related records 10131872

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.43959, 48.61759 (WGS84)
Elevation 24
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position .5 MILE NNW OF SAMISH.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Strait of Georgia(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 036N 003E 09 NW OF SE OF SE OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON MAINLAND NORTH OF SAMISH NEAR PIDGEN PT., NEAR PLACE WHERE CHUCKANUT DRIVE CROSSES OYSTER CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.43959, 48.61759

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 261

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANIFEROUS DEPOSIT SIMILAR TO OLYMPIC PENINSULA ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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