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Tubal Cain Property

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Copper
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  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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095770
MRDS ID M700265
Record type Site
Current site name Tubal Cain Property

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.1007, 47.84841 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position ABOUT 1.67 MILES NNE OF BUCKHORN MTN (6956).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Townsend(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dungeness-Elwha(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027N 003W 07 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • HIGH ON THE EAST SLOPE OF IRON MOUNTAIN, WHICH DIVIDES THE BRANCHES OF COPPER CREEK. FROM THE CONFLUENCE OF THE DUNGENESS AND GRAYWOLF RIVERS THE DEPOSITS ARE REACHED BY 15 MILES OF TRAIL. THE TRAIL LEADS SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE DUNGENESS RIVER, THENCE UP ITS TRIBUTARY, COPPER CREEK. FOR THE LAST 2 MILES SLIDES AND PRECIPITOUS SLOPES MAKE ACCESS VERY DIFFICULT. THE DEPOSITS ARE ABOVE TIMBERLINE ON THE SLOPES OF IRON MOUNTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Copper Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Weathered Surfaces Of The Rock Are Encrusted To A Maximum Thickness Of One-Half Inch With Black Secondary Oxides Of Manganese.

Analytical data

Result NINETEEN SAMPLES, TAKEN IN 1940, AVERAGED 35.6 PERCENT MN, 4.34 PERCENT FE, AND 25.8 PERCENT INSOLUBLE
Result THEIR AVERAGE WIDTH WAS 1.6 FEET.

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) -123.1007, 47.84841
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Prominent Faults And Several Minor Faults Offset The Manganese A Few Feet In Several Places.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Thickness 152.4M
    Length 91.44M
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRY ROCKS IN THE AREA ARE PILLOW BASALT AND RED LIMESTONE; THE LATTER PREDOMINATES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Iron Mountain Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Olympic Manganese Co.
    Home office Seattle, Wa
    First year 1935
    Last year 1941

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 701.04M
    Overall length 701.04M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2300 FT TUNNEL

Comments on development

  • AN OLD ADIT, ABOUT 2,300 FEET LONG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. BMG BULL 37, P. 259

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 58-59

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 931-R, P. 450

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMM RI NO. 7, P. 34

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MANGANESE ZONES ARE IN THE FORM OF NUMEROUS NARROW LENSES WITHIN RED LIMESTONE OR ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND PILLOW BASALT. LENS FORM PRACTICALLY A CONTINUOUS OUTCROP FOR 1500 FT.
Deposit 11 PATENTED CLAIMS. APPROXIMATELY 450000 TONS OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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