Burn Creek

Prospect in King county in Washington, United States with commodities Chromium, Copper, Nickel, Silver
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252675
MAS/MILS ID 0530330972
Record type Site
Current site name Burn Creek
Alternate or previous names Burns Creek, Tonga Ridge, Black Bear ?

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -121.269, 47.65902 (WGS84)
Elevation 878
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Skykomish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Skykomish River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skykomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 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 King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025 N 012 E 16 W2SWSE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -121.269, 47.65902

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: THIS SITE WAS EXAMINED DURING A MINERAL RESOURCE INVESTIGATION OF THE ALPINE LAKES WILDERNESS. IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARY AS SHOWN IN U.S. GEOL. SURVEY BULLETIN 1545, AND NOT REPORTED AS PART OF THE STUDY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-SEP-93 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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