Anacortes Group

Past Producer in Whatcom county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Lead, Silver, Tellurium, Zinc
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10253749
MRDS ID SP00544
MAS/MILS ID 0530730056
Record type Site
Current site name Anacortes Group
Alternate or previous names Anacortes, Locality 59, Pasayten Wilderness
Related records 10056222

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.82681, 48.77562 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Shull Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Skagit(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(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)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038 N 016 E 23 W2SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Tellurium Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.82681, 48.77562

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Slate Creek District

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anacortes Gold Mining Co.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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