Prairie Creek

Occurrence in Pierce county in Washington, United States with commodity Graphite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131589
MAS/MILS ID 0530530038
Record type Site
Current site name Prairie Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.9401, 47.10541 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Old Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puyallup(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 019 N 007 E 29 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.9401, 47.10541

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 49.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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