Biendle Deposit

Occurrence in San Juan county in Washington, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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 10228886
MAS/MILS ID 0530550016
Record type Site
Current site name Biendle Deposit
Alternate or previous names Shaw Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.98657, 48.5804 (WGS84)
Elevation 76

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shaw Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Juan Islands(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036 N 002 W 29 NWSW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.98657, 48.5804

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
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

    NONEMTALLICS, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL. 52, 1960, P. 138-139.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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