Smith Prospect

Occurrence in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Vanadium
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. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048008
MRDS ID M700403
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Prospect
Related records 10180849

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.24626, 48.93592 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.25 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF KENDALL, 5 MI EAST OF EVERSON, Estimated In Se/4 Section Adjacent To South Pass Road

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kendall(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 004E 23 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON SOUTH PASS ROAD. PROPERTY COMPRISES 80 ACRES

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REPORTED OCCURRENCE OF V IS DOUBTFUL

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.24626, 48.93592

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE

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 Operator
    Owner Lowell F. Smith, Sumas, Wash.
    First year 1936

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. 262, 358

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MRDS RECORD M700092 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT DEPOSIT. THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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