Yellow Astor Butte

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Quartz
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229005
MAS/MILS ID 0530730219
Record type Site
Current site name Yellow Astor Butte

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -121.69294, 48.94561 (WGS84)
Elevation 1682
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Larrabee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Mount Baker Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 N 009 E 18 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS REPORTED NEAR THE S. 1/4 CORNER SEC. 18.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Quartz Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -121.69294, 48.94561

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-OCT-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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