Cultus Mountain

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Arsenic, Sulfur
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088865
MRDS ID M700387
Record type Site
Current site name Cultus Mountain
Related records 10131692

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.14513, 48.41564 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 4.5 MILES SE OF CLEAR LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sedro-Woolley South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 005E 22 S2 OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SW SIDE OF CULTUS MTN; ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Sulfur Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Orpiment Ore
Pyrite Ore
Realgar Ore
Diopside Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.14513, 48.41564

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 609.6M
    Width 243.84M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZONES OF GREEN-STAINED SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK IN CONTORTED GRAPHITE SCHIST.

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.