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F. and L. Claim

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. 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 10047890
MRDS ID M700231
Record type Site
Current site name F. and L. Claim
Related records 10179968

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.49516, 47.98896 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.4 MILES WSW 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 19 N2 OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE. ON SUNRISE RIDGE; ABOVE SOUTH BRANCH LITTLE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 9.92 TO 25.80% MN, 9.28 TO 16.58% FE, 34.10 TO 63.88% SIOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Metchosin Volcanics
    Rock description Metchosin Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.49516, 47.98896
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 60.96M
    Width 13.11M

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 development

  • TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 255

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 51, 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO LARGE EXPOSURES OF ROCKS CONTAINING MANGANESE SILICATES BOUNDED BY BASALT, ARGILLITE, AND LIMESTONE.
Deposit 7 CLAIMS. ; 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

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