Star Claim

Occurrence in Grays Harbor 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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095772
MRDS ID M700310
Record type Site
Current site name Star Claim
Related records 10155463

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87127, 47.3659 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Burnt Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grays Harbor(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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 Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022N 009W 30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR CENTER OF SECTION; ELEV. APPROXFMATELY 1300 TO 1470 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    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 Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.87127, 47.3659

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 3.05M
    Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quinault Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 258

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMM RI NO. 7, P. 43

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 ISOLATED LENSES OF ORE; ONE IS 6 FT WIDE AND 10 FT LONG, THE OTHER TWO ARE 7 BY 9 FT, AND 5 BY 9 FT.
Deposit 3 CLAIMS (STAR NOS. 3, 4, AND 5). ; 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

Beyond USGS

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