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Ellis Claim

Occurrence in Clallam 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047904
MRDS ID M700250
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis Claim
Related records 10155996

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.32241, 48.15867 (WGS84)
Elevation 511
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 5.5 MILES NORTH OF NE END OF LAKE PLEASANT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellis Mountain(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)

Federal lands

Olympic National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 013W 25 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • WEST SLOPE OF MOUNT ELLIS ABOUT .5 MILE NE OF BILL PROSPECT (RECORD NO. M700249).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAY: 37.5% MN.

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N80-85W
    Dip 35 SOUTH
    Length 12.19M
    Width 0.91M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Lies Along Contact Between Basalt And Red Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRINCIPAL COUNTRY ROCKS NEAR DEPOSIT ARE BASALT AND RED ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner K. Meredith, C. C. Heckel, And J. Q. Scarlett, Sappho, Wa.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL SMALL CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 6-7, 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A SILICEOUS ZONE CONTAINING SPORADIC MN MINERALIZATION IN SEVERAL SMALL OUTCROPS.
Deposit MOST OF THE DEPOSIT IS OBSCURED BY VEGETATION AND SLOUGHED DEBRIS. ; 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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