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Aluard

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047996
MRDS ID M700382
Record type Site
Current site name Aluard

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.36094, 48.59621 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position ABOUT 4 MILES NE OF MARBLEMOUNT BY ROAD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Devil Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Baker(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 Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 036N 011E 21 N2 OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND RAILROAD; NEXT TO MCMYRL-WILSON (RECORD NO. M700393)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrrhotite Ore
Ankerite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.36094, 48.59621
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • THERE IS SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK NEARBY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Skagit Talc, Inc.
    First year 1949

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS IN A QUARRY FACE.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL ADITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 278

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED METALLIC MINERALS AND SOME NICKEL (?) STAINING OCCUR IN A SOAPSTONE BODY IN A SHEAR ZONE IN METAMORPHIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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