Day Creek Roadcut Exposure

Occurrence in Skagit county in Washington, United States with commodity Nickel
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088864
MRDS ID M700385
Record type Site
Current site name Day Creek Roadcut Exposure
Alternate or previous names Clear Lake, Scott

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.19846, 48.46759 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MILES EAST OF CLEAR LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sedro-Woolley South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034N 005E 05,06 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • IN ROAD CUT 1.5 MILES EAST OF CLEAR LAKE; ELEVATION IS ESTIMATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 0.25% NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.19846, 48.46759

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Jointing

Ore body information

  • Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN. PROBABLY JUST A ROADCUT EXPOSURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 279

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROADCUT EXPOSURE. GREEN NICKEL-STAIN ALONG WEATHERED SURFACES AND JOINTS.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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