Starbonit

Past Producer in Pierce county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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 10252567
MAS/MILS ID 0530530150
Record type Site
Current site name Starbonit
Alternate or previous names Starbo Mine, Storbo Mine, Eagle Peak Copper Mining Co., Mt. Rainier Mining Co.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.70259, 46.88621 (WGS84)
Elevation 1372
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sunrise(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puyallup(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mount Rainier National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016 N 009 E 08 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.70259, 46.88621

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 75.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-APR-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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