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Hurricane Claim

Past Producer 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. 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. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047891
MRDS ID M700232
Record type Site
Current site name Hurricane Claim
Related records 10277273

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.5021, 48.00785 (WGS84)
Elevation 1189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.5 MI EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ELWHA RANGER STATION; 0.3 MI NORTHEAST OF GRIFF PEAK, Estimated Near Center West Edge Of Section

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elwha(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(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 18 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HUTTON CREEK. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 1 CLAIM. CLAIM MAY LIE WITHIN PORT ANGELES QUADRANGLE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Hematite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE FROM STOCKPILE: 32.8% MN
Result SAMPLE FROM DUMP AREA: 43.0% MN

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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.5021, 48.00785
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY HIGHLY ALTERED BASALT CONTAINING INTERCALATED PODS OR LENSES OF RED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In Olympic National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward N. Fitzgerald, Port Angeles, Wash.
    First year 1960

Comments on the production information

  • 1,000 TONS OF ORE TAKEN OUT

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO ADITS, AN OPENCUT, 20 FT SHAFT, 40 FT SHAFT. EXTENDING FROM THE 40 FT SHAFT ARE A 30 FT DRIFT (20 FT LEVEL) AND A 70 FT DRIFT (40 FT LEVEL).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 49-50, 76.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 25.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 255.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HUNTTING INDICATES TWO ORE BODIES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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