Triple Trip

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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093020
MRDS ID SP00182
Record type Site
Current site name Triple Trip
Alternate or previous names Brown Mule, McKean;

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.32126, 47.50368 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Skokomish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(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 005W 04,09 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ELEVATION 1000 FEET, 1 MILE FROM LINCOLN GUARD STATION ALONG APEX TRAIL, 0.25 MILES UP COPPER CREEK FROM THE NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH RIVER; ON THE NORTH BANK OF COPPER (BOULDER) CREEK; NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LAKE CUSHMAN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.32126, 47.50368

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • See Comments

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CRESCENT FORMATION, WHICH HOSTS MANGANESE MINERALIZATION ON THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, COSNSITS OF PALEOCENE? AND EOCENE PILLOW BASALTS COMPOSITIONALLY SIMILAR TO OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS. ASSOCIATED PELAGIC LIMESTONES WERE DEPOSITED IN DEEP WATER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • A CARLOAD OF ORE PRODUCED DURING WWI RAN 35% TO 45% MN AND 17% TO30% SIO2 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 261).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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