McKean Claim

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047965
MRDS ID M700335
Record type Site
Current site name McKean Claim
Related records 10301362

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.34265, 47.50368 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MILE SW OF LINCOLN GUARD STATION.

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 05 04 09 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS THE TRIPLE TRIP CLAIM (RECORD NO. M700268). ON COPPER CREEK SOUTH OF LINCOLN GUARD STATION. ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hematite Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.34265, 47.50368

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1918

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner C. E. Brown, Ce. Russell, Olympia, Wa.
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 260

  • Deposit

    WASH. GEOC. SUR. BULL 23, P. 317

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON SAME PROPERTY AS TRIPLE TRIP CLAIM (RECORD NO. M700268). UNKNOWN PRODUCTION IN 1918. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 6 FT OF ORE.

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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