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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047906
MRDS ID M700253
Record type Site
Current site name B Creek Claim
Related records 10156129

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.30769, 48.14784 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position .8 MILE SSE OF ELLIS MOUNTAIN.

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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 013W 36 SE OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MILE SOUTH OF LOT NOS. 182 CLAIM (RECORD NO. M700252).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hausmannite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillaceous Red Limestone Is Weathered

Analytical data

Result SECOND TRENCH CHIP AND GRAB SAMPLE ASSAYED 29.8% MN. A GRAB SAMPLE OF FRAGMENTS FROM PODS ASSAYED 54% MN.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.30769, 48.14784
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND PODS
    Strike EAST-WEST
    Dip NEAR VERTICAL
    Length 0.91M
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • In Red Limestone Near Basalt-Limestone Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRY ROCKS NEAR THE DEPOSIT ARE ALTERED BASALT AND WEATHERED RED ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE. MANGANESE MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE RED LIMESTONE NEAR A VERTICAL, EAST-STRIKING BASALT CONTACT. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN EXPLORED BY TWO TRENCHES.

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 Calvin C. Heckel, Port Angeles, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • TWO TRENCHES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 8-9, 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL MANGANIFEROUS LENSES AND PODS.

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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