Nooksack Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodity Chromium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047789
MRDS ID M700072
Record type Site
Current site name Nooksack Prospect
Related records 10131604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.25348, 48.91342 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sumas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Sumas River(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 Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 004E 35 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • W SIDE OF SUMAS MTN, S OF AN OLD IRON MINE, LOCATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.25348, 48.91342

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mount Baker District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, MARSHALL T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, P. 41

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SMALL CHROMITE STRINGERS. OTHER OUTCROPS REPORTED IN THIS AREA ARE COVERED BY SLIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-81 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.