Fig

Past Producer in Yakima 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. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048647
MRDS ID MP00252
Record type Site
Current site name Fig
Alternate or previous names Han-Fig

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.24311, 46.68065 (WGS84)
Elevation 1570
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6 MI WEST-NORTHWEST OF RIMROCK; 2-3 MI NORTH OF INDIAN CREEK CAMPGROUND, Accurate Within Claim Area. Location Given Is For Fig Mine

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yakima(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rimrock Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Rainier(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Naches(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

William O. Douglas Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Yakima

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. 16 CLAIMS ON EAST SIDE OF IRONSTONE MOUNTAIN OVER 2 SQ MI AREA NORTH OF RIMROCK LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM MAIN WORKINGS RANGE FROM 0.01-41.2% MN AND AVERAGE 4.11% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Puget Group;Ohanapecosh Formation;Puget Group;Puget Group;Ohanapecosh Formation
    Rock description Puget Group;Ohanapecosh Formation;Puget Group;Puget Group;Ohanapecosh Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.24311, 46.68065

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODS AND LENSES, LOCALLY FRACTURE FILLINGS
    Strike N20W
    Dip 20NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness
Area name In William O. Douglas Wilderness In Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL TONNAGE BEING PACKED OUT AND STOCKPILED DURING SIMMONS AND OTHERS' WORK

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS, TRENCHES, PITS (MOSTLY CAVED)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SIMMONS, G.C., VAN NOY, R.M., AND ZILKA, N.T., 1983, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE COUGAR LAKES-MOUNT AIX STUDY AREA, YAKIMA AND LEWIS COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1504, P. 65

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TYPE OF DEPOSIT IS UNKNOWN. DEPOSITS THOUGHT TO BE OF SEDIMENTARY ORIGIN BUT REMOBILIZED (SIMMONS AND OTHERS)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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