Elma

Occurrence in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055914
MRDS ID SP00126
Record type Site
Current site name Elma
Alternate or previous names Dennis

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.31374, 47.01341 (WGS84)
Elevation 61

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCleary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Chehalis(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
018N 005W 28 S2 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 3.5 MILES EAST OF THE RAILROAD AT ELMA. SOUTHEAST PART OF THE COUNTY; 2.75 MILES OFF THE OLYMPIC HIGHWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.31374, 47.01341

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • This Fossil Heavy-Mineral Deposit Occurs As A 1-4-Ft.-Thick Bed Of Stratified, Weakly Consolidated Black Sand That Covers 2-3 Acres (Huntting, 1956, P. 196). A Specimen Of The Ore, Studied Under A Hand Lens, Appears To Be Made Up Of Small, Well-Rounded Grains Of Magnetite And Ilmenite, Which Are Firmly Cemented Together (Data From Usgs, Mrds, 1990).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED 1 CARLOAD AND A 1000 LB. SHIPMENT FOR TESTING PURPOSES (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 196).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LINCOLN CREEK FORMATION IS A MARINE, POORLY BEDDED TO MASSIVE, DOMINANTLY SILTSTONE UNIT OF PREDOMINANTLY BASALTIC AND ANDESITIC SOURCE-ROCK COMPOSITION (LOGAN, 1987, P. 8). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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