Cowling Ridge Area

Occurrence in Pierce county in Washington, United States with commodities Clay, Stone, Dimension
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252640
MAS/MILS ID 0530530275
Record type Site
Current site name Cowling Ridge Area
Alternate or previous names King Creek Area: 34-18n-5e, Wingate Hill Area: 18,20,21-18n-6e, Puget Series: 13-17n-6e; 19-17n-7e, Lake Kapowsin Area: 7-17n-5e, Spar Pole Hill Area: 23-18n-5e

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.10261, 47.01791 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wilkeson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tacoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puyallup(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 018 N 005 E 25 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary
Stone, Dimension Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.10261, 47.01791

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SITE REPRESENTS ONE OF MANY EXAMINED DURING 1958 BY THE BUREAU OF MINES. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE IF THE AREA CONTAINED ANY POTENTIALLY ECONOMIC DEPOSITS OF CLAY OR OTHER NON-METALLIC MATERIALS EXISTED IN THE AREA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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