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Apex Prospect

Prospect in Mason county in Washington, United States with commodities Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Silica
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155944
MRDS ID M700326
MAS/MILS ID 0530450001
Record type Site
Current site name Apex Prospect
Alternate or previous names Apex, Wonder Mountain Rare Ii Area, Black Rock Prospect, Olympic Peninsula Mn - 0530310200
Related records 10047958

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.34296, 47.49919 (WGS84)
Elevation 732
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lightning Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(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 023 N 005 W 08 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.34296, 47.49919
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1940

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Manganese Products Inc
    Home office Washington
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1977
    Indicated 9670mt commodity
    Demonstrated 9670mt commodity
    Inferred 9670mt commodity
    Total resources 19340mt commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Silica SiO2 19.8 wt-pct Silica Trace 1977
    Manganese Mn 27.1 wt-pct Manganese Trace 1977
    Calcium Ca 3.9 wt-pct Calcium Trace 1977
    Iron Fe2O3 12.6999 wt-pct Iron Trace 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE FIGURES ARE FROM A 1942 USBM REPORT BY FRANK WIEBEL. EXTENSIVE DIAMOND DRILLING,TRENCHING,AND STRIPPING WAS DONE TO ARRIVE AT THIS FIGURE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 260.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5530, 1959, P. 60-62.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 105-82, 1982, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    NO. 2, P. 9.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Iverson, Stephen R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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