Bill Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10092663
MRDS ID M700249
Record type Site
Current site name Bill Prospect
Alternate or previous names W. Coniff
Related records 10228313

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.32297, 48.15422 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF NE END OF LAKE PLEASANT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellis Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crescent-Hoko(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 Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 013W 25 W2 OF SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • HEADWATERS OF ELLIS CREEK; 3.5 MILES BY TRAIL FROM THE END OF THE ROAD AT BEAR CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore

Analytical data

Result GRAB SAMPLE ASSAY (BOTH EXPOSURES COMBINED: 42.6% MN, 14.2% SIOZ, 0.8% ALZO3

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.32297, 48.15422

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 3.05M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Coniff, William
    Home office Port Angeles, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 6-7, 76

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ORE BODY OUTCROPS 25 FT APART.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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