Swinomish Bay

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodities Magnesite, Nickel
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301489
MAS/MILS ID 0530570220
Record type Site
Current site name Swinomish Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.51455, 48.3909 (WGS84)
Elevation 46

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anacortes South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puget Sound(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 N 002 E 35 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Magnesite Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.51455, 48.3909

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN NO37 NONMETALLIC MINERALS P60

  • Deposit

    VALUE POSSIBLE SOURCE OF MAGNESITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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