Bosnia Claim

Occurrence in Mason 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. 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047960
MRDS ID M700330
Record type Site
Current site name Bosnia Claim
Alternate or previous names Steel Creek Deposit A

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.43987, 47.48896 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.2 MILES WEST OF LIGHTNING PEAK (UABM 4654).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Tebo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(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 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 Mason

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 006W 10 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 11 MILES BY TRAIL UP SOUTH FORK SKOKOMISH RIVER FROM END OF ROAD AT INTERMOUNT GUARD STATION, THEN .5 MILE TO A CABIN. THE CLAIM IS JUST ABOVE THE CABIN (ELEV. 1900 FT).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVG. OF SEVERAL ANALYSES: 24% MN, 10.5% FE, 30% SIO2

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) -123.43987, 47.48896

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 260

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO OR THREE LENSES OF MN ORE IN RED LIMESTONE.

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.