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Walker Valley

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088867
MRDS ID M700398
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Valley
Related records 10302090

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.17735, 48.39203 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MILES ENE OF BIG 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 005E 33 W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON WEST SLOPE OF CULTUS MTN; ABOUT ONE MILE FROM WALKER VALLEY ON ROAD UP CULTUS MTN; ELEVATION IS ESTIMATED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 3 FT SAMPLE SHOWED 0.23% NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore In Crushed Serpentine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 279

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROAD CUT EXPOSES A ZONE OF CRUSHED SERPENTINE 100 FT WIDE. THERE IS CONSIDERABLE FLOAT TO THE NORTH AND EAST.

Reporter information

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

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

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