Swamp Creek

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Clay, Iron
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 10277150
MAS/MILS ID 0530090157
Record type Site
Current site name Swamp Creek
Alternate or previous names Handy Claim

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.29937, 48.11199 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Morse Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dungeness-Elwha(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 N 005 W 10 E2NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Iron Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COMMODITY IS MINERAL PIGMENTS (OCHRE).

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.29937, 48.11199

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 63.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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