Summit Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodity 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048038
MRDS ID M700451
Record type Site
Current site name Summit Creek Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.51757, 46.70814 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 7 MILES NE OF PACKWOOD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ohanapecosh Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014N 010E 14 N2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEAD OF SUMMIT CREEK, WHERE SUMMIT TRAIL FORKS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.51757, 46.70814

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DMG BULL 37, P. 277

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAID TO BE A 2-IN VEIN OF NICKEL SULFIDE EXPOSED IN THE SUMMIT CREEK TRAIL

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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