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Midway Prospect

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. 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 10047911
MRDS ID M700259
Record type Site
Current site name Midway Prospect
Related records 10228024

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.00296, 48.08368 (WGS84)
Elevation 701
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 5.6 MILES ENE OF SNIDER RANGER STATION.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snider Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hoh-Quillayute(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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 030N 010W 21 SE OF NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 700 FEET NORTH AND 250 FEET ABOVE THE UPPER PIT ON THE HELEN CLAIM. ABOUT .3 MILE EAST OF LITTLETON CREEK AND .8 MILE NORTH OF US 101 ALONG QUAD LINE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Analytical data

Result A GRAB SAMPLE OF SELECT MATERIAL ASSAYED 42.8 PERCENT MN, 22.3 PERCENT SIO2, 2.9 PERCENT FE, AND 1.04 PERCENT A12O3.

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) -124.00296, 48.08368
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERED BASALT IS THE PRINCIPAL ROCK IN ALL EXPOSURES ON THE PROPERTY AND FORMS A CLIFF 100 FEET HIGH IN THE CENTER OF THE PROSPECT.

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 Harry Sweeds, Port Angeles, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • UNKNOWN WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 35-36, 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE MANGANESE EXPOSURE CONSISTS OF A POD SEVERAL FEET IN DIAMETER OF BEMENTITE AND ASSOCIATED MANGANESE OXIDES, COMPLETELY ENCLOSED BY BASALT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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