Anderson Prospect

Occurrence in Snohomish 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036804
MRDS ID M025720
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Prospect
Related records 10277586

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.91429, 48.03592 (WGS84)
Elevation 160
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 4 MI SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE FALLS. ABOUT 0.1 MI EAST OF MENZEL LAKE, Estimated At Center Of North Edge Of Section. Geologic Map Shows Only Quaternary Sedimentary Rocks At This Location. Older Rocks Lie To The Northeast In Sec. 33., Estimated At Center Of North Edge Of Section. Geologic Map Shows Only Quaternary Sedimentary Rocks At This Location. Older Rocks Lie To The Northeast In Sec. 33.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Snohomish(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Granite Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Snohomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Snohomish

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 007E 04 N Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 1.96% NI

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.91429, 48.03592

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICA-CARBONATE GANGUE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT, SHORT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 279.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit "NICKEL LEDGE" TYPE OF DEPOSIT. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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