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Chehalis River Prospect

Occurrence in Lewis county in Washington, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047869
MRDS ID M700204
Record type Site
Current site name Chehalis River Prospect
Related records 10156172

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.26679, 46.43313 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 14 MI NE OF SKAMOKAWA, Accurate Within A 1000 Ft Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elochoman Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Astoria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Chehalis(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lewis

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011N 005W 14 NE4 OF SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON HEADWATERS OF E FORK CHEHALIS RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 34% MN, 12% SIO2, 0.12%

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 97
USGS model code 24c
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.26679, 46.43313
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Weyerhaeuser Timber Co.
    Home office Tacoma, Wash.
    First year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    HUNTTING, 1956

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PART II, METALLIC MINERALS, V. 1, P. 260.

  • Deposit

    WALSH, T.J., 1987, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE ASTORIA AND ILWACO QUADRANGLES, WASHINGTON AND OREGON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 87-2, SCALE 1:100,000.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAID TO BE A DEPOSIT OF MANGANESE WHICH COULD BE CHEAPLY MINED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-82 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-94 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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