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Jackass Placer

Prospect in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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  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 10131972
MAS/MILS ID 0530730098
Record type Site
Current site name Jackass Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.96791, 48.70672 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crater Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ross Lake National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 N 014 E Washington

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS REPORTED TO BE 1/2 MILE BELOW THE JUNCTION OF CUT OUT CREEK AND GRANITE CREEK IN SEC. 10. CUT OUT CREEK IS NOT AN IDENTIFIED TRIBUTARY ON THE TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS. FURTHERMORE, RUBY CREEK FLOWS THROUGH SEC. 10, NOT GRANITE CREEK, THE CONFLUENCE OF WHICH IS 3 MILES TO THE EAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.96791, 48.70672
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 192.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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