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Sekiu River

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Mercury
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040185
MRDS ID M054873
MAS/MILS ID 530090048
Record type Site
Current site name Sekiu River
Related records 10180014

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.48083, 48.24 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 10 MI WEST OF THE HOKO RIVER BRIDGE; ABOUT 2 MI NORTHWEST OF SEKIU MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoko Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crescent-Hoko(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032N 014W 27 SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 6 MI BY TRAIL FROM CLALLAM BAY-OZETTE LAKE ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 100
USGS model code 24c.3
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.48083, 48.24
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PROBABLY LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALT AND LIMESTONE PRESUMED

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 365.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 256.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1982-07-01 Lawson, W.A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-11-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1993-01-11 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530090048 = 10180014
Editor 2012-12-05 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 0530090048 = 10180014

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