North Fork Potato Creek

Occurrence in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Graphite
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131036
MAS/MILS ID 0530070044
Record type Site
Current site name North Fork Potato Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.36227, 47.83093 (WGS84)
Elevation 1158
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baldy Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027 N 020 E 19 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • I PLACED IN SEC. 19 AS THAT IS HEADWATERS OF N. FK. POTATO CREEK. SEC 17 USED IN REFERENCE IS HEADWATERS OF GENE CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.36227, 47.83093

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Entiat

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MINES & GEOLBULL 37, PART I, V. 1, P. 49.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-SEP-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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