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Sturman and Herringa Deposit

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047812
MRDS ID M700097
Record type Site
Current site name Sturman and Herringa Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.44932, 48.96398 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1 MILE N OF LYNDEN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lynden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 003E 8,17 SE (08); NE (17) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF THE LIMONITE IS AS FOLLOWS: 39.67% FE, 19.43% SIO2, 0.153% P, 0.013% S. ALTHOUGH THE IRON CONTENT IS NEARLY 40 PERCENT, THE LIMONITE IS CLASSED AS LOW-GRADE IRON ORE BECAUSE OF ITS HIGH SILICA AND PHOSPHORUS CONTENT.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.44932, 48.96398
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 0.91M

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas Herringa And Mr. Sturman
    First year 1956

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. 205

  • Deposit

    MOEN, WAYNE S., 1909, MINES AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, BULL. 57, P. 74

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOEN, 1967

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TYPICAL OF, SEVERAL BOG DEPOSITS IN THE VICINITY OF BELLINGHAM, FERNDALE, AND LYNDEN. THE STURMAN DEPOSIT COVERS 1 ACRE TO AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 2 FT. THE HERRINGA DEPOSIT COVERS ABOUT 5 ACRES, AND IS FROM 0-3 FT IN DEPTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey

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