Useless Bay

Occurrence in Island county in Washington, United States with commodity Diatomite
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228442
MAS/MILS ID 0530290001
Record type Site
Current site name Useless Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.44594, 47.9676 (WGS84)
Elevation 49
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Island(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Maxwelton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puget Sound(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Island

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029 N 003 E 29 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Younger glacial drift

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    NONMETALLICS, P. 35.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-OCT-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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