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Black Tail

Occurrence in Mason county in Washington, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047926
MRDS ID M700282
Record type Site
Current site name Black Tail
Related records 10156157

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.34376, 47.60173 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 7 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LAKE CUSHMAN, Estimated At 3000 Ft Contour About 2 Mi North Of Black And White Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Skokomish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skokomish(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 Mason

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024N 005W 09 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 2 MI NORTH OF BLACK AND WHITE MINE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 90
USGS model code 24a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Mark3 model number 11

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.34376, 47.60173
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION GIVEN. HOST ROCKS ARE POSSIBLY SAME UNNAMED EO-OLIGO BASALTS AND OTHER ROCKS PRESENT IN PROSPECTS TO SOUTH.

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 61

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA OF ACCRETED TERRANE MAY SUGGEST A CYPRUS MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSIT, BUT THERE IS NO DESCRIPTIVE OR GEOLOGIC INFORMATIN IN REFERENCE

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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