Franklin Arsenic

Prospect in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Arsenic, Silver
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131664
MAS/MILS ID 0530330945
Record type Site
Current site name Franklin Arsenic
Alternate or previous names Franklin Realgar, Red Crystal

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.94231, 47.30811 (WGS84)
Elevation 183
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cumberland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Snoqualmie Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duwamish(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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021 N 007 E 17 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE REPORTED LEGAL DESCRIPTION (SEC. 8, T. 21 N., R. 6 E.) IS IN ERROR. THE PROSPECT IS IN SEC. 17, T. 21 N., R. 7 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.94231, 47.30811

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railroad
    Home office Washington
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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