Skookum Claim

Prospect in Clallam 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204053
MAS/MILS ID 0530090049
Record type Site
Current site name Skookum Claim
Alternate or previous names Olympic Peninsula Mn - 0530310200, Skookum Claim-Hurricane Ride

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.49847, 48.00669 (WGS84)
Elevation 1143
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(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 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 Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029 N 006 W 18 NWSE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THERE IS A DISCREPANCY IN THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THIS SITE AS GIVEN IN HUNTTING (1956) AND MACGILL (1959).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.49847, 48.00669

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1958

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner James M Fitzgerald
    Home office Washington
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 256-257.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5530, 1959, P. 50-51.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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