Black Wonder Claim

Past Producer in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047929
MRDS ID M700286
Record type Site
Current site name Black Wonder Claim
Related records 10130783

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87766, 47.37312 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position ABOUT 6.7 MILES SSW OF QUINAULT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Queets-Quinault(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 Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 009W 30 N2 OF NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • .2 MILE NORTH OF SKUNK CREEK AND .25 MILE SOUTH OF COOK CREEK ON RIDGE BETWEEN THE TWO CREEKS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87766, 47.37312

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1936

Mining district

District name Quinault Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 12.19M
    Overall length 24.38M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, 2 ADITS, AND A CAVED ADIT

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS, 2 ADITS, AND A CAVED ADIT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 257

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 257

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS OF MN ORE ABOUT 30 FT LONG AND 4 FT WIDE.
Deposit 5 TONS PRODUCTION IN 1936. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.