India Claim

Occurrence in Mason county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047962
MRDS ID M700332
Record type Site
Current site name India Claim
Alternate or previous names Steel Creek Deposit C

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.43987, 47.48896 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 4.2 MILES WEST OF LIGHTING PEAK (VABM 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

  • ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 13.56% TO 37.64% MN, 5.84 TO 11.31% FE, 0.048 TO 0.119% P, ABOUT 30% SIOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    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 Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.43987, 47.48896

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 60.96M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Along Contacts Between Red Limestones And Pillow Basalts

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 260

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 8 LENSES OVER AN AREA 200 FT BY 100 FT.

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.