Black Hump Claim

Past Producer in Mason 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098699
MRDS ID M700328
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hump Claim
Related records 10204747

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.32932, 47.53062 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI NORTH OF LINCOLN GUARD STATION; 2 MI BY TRAIL NORTH OF STAIRCASE RESORT AT HEAD OF LAKE CUSTTMAN., Estimated From Descriptive Information

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 Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Mason

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024N 005W 33 N2 OF N2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE UNPATENTED CLAIM

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 28% MN, 17% FE, 25% SIO2

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 100
USGS model code 24c.3
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Needles-Gray Wolf Lithic Assemblage;
    Rock description Needles-Gray Wolf Lithic Assemblage;
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.32932, 47.53062

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCKS OVERLIE CRESCENT FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1924

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In Olympic National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner L. L. Dickenson Of Staircase Resort
    First year 1942

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION PRIOR TO 1924

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 260.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 157.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION IN REFERENCES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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