Howland Acres Prospect

Occurrence in Clark county in Washington, United States with commodity Iron
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048030
MRDS ID M700438
Record type Site
Current site name Howland Acres Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bokemer Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.59286, 45.68509 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1/2 MILE S AND 1/4 MILE E OF BARBERTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orchards(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clark

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002N 002E 5 E2 OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore
Sand Gangue

Analytical data

Result TWO ANALYSES, EACH REPRESENTING ONLY 2-FT THICKNESS OF ORE, SHOWED 10.7%, 10.9% IGNITION LOSS
Result 14.3%, 23.6% S1O2
Result 0.4%, 0.2% TIO2
Result 30.4%, 42.6% FE
Result 5.5%, 9.2% MN2 O3
Result 1.81%, 2.52% P2O5.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.59286, 45.68509

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M
    Depth to bottom 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Bokemier, A. H.
    Home office Vancouver, Wa
    First year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 195

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE DEPOSIT (COVERED BY 6 TO 18 IN OF SOIL) OF BOG IRON COVERING AN EXPOSED AREA 12 DY 24 FT IS SAID TO BE AS MUCH AS 20 FT, DEEP. DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF SPONGY LIMONITE CONTAMINATED BY INCLUDED SAND, FLOAT AND SMALL OUTCROPS IN AN AREA OF 30 TO 50 ACRES, BUT ORE IS NOT CONTINUOUS OVER THIS WHOLE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 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.