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Jordan Creek

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088866
MRDS ID M700391
Record type Site
Current site name Jordan Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.40011, 48.48732 (WGS84)
Elevation 671
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF FALLS LAKE, Estimated Near Center Se/4 Sec. 29

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skagit(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Illabot Peaks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Sauk River(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skagit

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035N 011E 19,29 NE4 (19); SE4 (29) Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Rocks Of The Napeequa River Area
    Rock description Rocks Of The Napeequa River Area
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.40011, 48.48732
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN
    Width 18.29M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOLOGIC MAP SHOWS AREA TO BE UNDERLAIN BY ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bingham Timber Co.
    First year 1943

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. 278.

  • Deposit

    TABOR, R.W., BOOTH, D.B., VANCE, J.A., FORD, A.B., AND ORT, M.H., 1988, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SAUK RIVER 30 BY 60 MINUTE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 88-692, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MIXED GREEN AND BROWN ALTERATION OF SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK IN ONE OUTCROP IN GRAPHITIC SHALE. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT
Deposit DEEDED LAND. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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