Broken Shovel Claim

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047888
MRDS ID M700229
Record type Site
Current site name Broken Shovel Claim
Related records 10180556

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.48516, 47.9809 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.3 MILES SW OF MT. ANGELES.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Angeles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dungeness-Elwha(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Olympic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 006W 29 NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BY SUNRISE RIDGE; ELEVATION ABOUT 4800 FT; ELLA CLAIM (RECORD NO. M700230) IS ABOUT 0.35 MILE NW ALONG SUNRISE RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 25.8% MN, 15.2% FE, 34.1% SIOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.48516, 47.9809

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS
    Length 152.4M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James C. Loomis And Russell Smith, Port Angeles, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS: WASH'. DIV. MINES 8 GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 255

  • Deposit

    MACGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 51, 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE OCCURS IN SMALL ISOLATED PODS.
Deposit SAMPLES FROM 1953 HAD 6.1% MN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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