Angeles Star

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, Copper
Sections on this page
  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 10047915
MRDS ID M700264
Record type Site
Current site name Angeles Star
Alternate or previous names Winter, Gregory-Savage
Related records 10277526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50266, 48.03368 (WGS84)
Elevation 503
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5.5 MI SOUTHWEST OF PORT ANGELES. ABOUT 4.5 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF ELWHA RANGER STATION, Estimated Near Center West Side 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 06 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON COWEN CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: TR-0.02 OZ/TON AU, 0.90-8.91% ZN

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation, Lower Part
    Rock description Crescent Formation, Lower Part
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.50266, 48.03368

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS ARE PROBABLY CRESCENT FORMATION IN ACCRETED TERRANE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In Olympic National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Winters, Byron
    Home office Tacoma, Wa.
    First year 1942

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 180.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 ADITS, 166, 225, AND 200 FT LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVINTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 360

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO 6-IN.-WIDE VEINS AND A 36-IN.-WIDE VEIN REPORTED.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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