Black Diamond

Prospect in King county in Washington, United States with commodity Arsenic
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 10277338
MAS/MILS ID 0530330093
Record type Site
Current site name Black Diamond

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -122.00231, 47.31341 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Black Diamond(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tacoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Duwamish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021 N 006 E 14 NENWNE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Arsenic Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -122.00231, 47.31341

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REALGAR OCCURS AS DISSEMINATED SPOTS ALONG JOINT PLANES IN MASSIVE ARKOSICS AT A DEPTH OF 3,274 TO 3,284 FEET IN AN OIL WELL TEST DRILLED BY SHELL OIL CO. IN 1947.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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