Washougal 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048032
MRDS ID M700440
Record type Site
Current site name Washougal Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.38286, 45.62981 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 3 MILES N OF CAMAS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clark(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lacamas Creek(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 003E 25 SE OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 400 FT E OF HIGHWAY, ON MILLER FARM ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.38286, 45.62981

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 13.11M
    Depth to top 29.57M
    Depth to bottom 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 195

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK SAND REPORTEDLY 43 FT THICK WAS ENCOUNTERED IN A WELL AT A DEPTH OF 97 FT.

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.