Orcas Island

Past Producer in San Juan county in Washington, United States with commodity Clay
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 10253136
MAS/MILS ID 0530550001
Record type Site
Current site name Orcas Island

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.82407, 48.6829 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Constitution(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Juan Islands(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 N 001 W 21 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.82407, 48.6829

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
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. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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