Mount Claywood

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047956
MRDS ID M700323
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Claywood
Related records 10205005

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.36182, 47.80062 (WGS84)
Elevation 1875
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT .3 MILE ESE OF MT CLAYWOOD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellesley Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hood Canal(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027N 005W 30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 12 MILE BY TRAIL FROM END OF DOSEWALL IPS RIVER ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 7.72% MN, 27.7% FE, 16.2% CAO, 14.1% SIOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Metchosin Volcanics
    Rock description Metchosin Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.36182, 47.80062

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • UNKNOWN WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 259

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LAYERS AND LENSES OF ORE CONFORMABLE TO ASSOCIATED LIMESTONE, AND IRREGULAR ISOLATED LENS IN GREENSTONE (ALSO, WITH VEINS).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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