Discovery Prospect

Prospect in Mason county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Magnesite
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 10301466
MAS/MILS ID 0530450133
Record type Site
Current site name Discovery Prospect
Alternate or previous names Wonder Mtn. Rare Ii Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.32516, 47.50369 (WGS84)
Elevation 233
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Skokomish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skokomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Olympic National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Mason

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 N 005 W 09 NENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Magnesite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.32516, 47.50369

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 105-82, 1982,

  • Deposit

    TABLE 1, NO. 5, P. 10.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 1300, 1964-1984,

  • Deposit

    VOL. 2, P. 1093.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCEL. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1418-B.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JUN-94 Iverson, Stephen R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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