Royal

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Mercury
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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040186
MRDS ID M054874
MAS/MILS ID 530090044
Record type Site
Current site name Royal
Related records 10155709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.48139, 48.20472 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTHWEST OF SEKIU MOUNTAIN; ABOUT 2.6 MI NORTHWEST OF HOKO CAMP, Estimated Near Center Of Section At End Of A Road Adjacent To Big River

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hoko Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hoh-Quillayute(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 014W 10 CENTER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MI UP BIG RIVER FROM ROYAL

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Mercury Ore

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 Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.48139, 48.20472

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 2.13M
    Length 6.71M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BASALT AND LIMESTONE ARE PRESUMED HOST ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION DATA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 365.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, PART II, P. 256.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. RI-7, 1945, P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF OUTCROP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1976-09-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1982-07-01 Lawson, W.A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-11-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-11-30 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10155709.
Reporter 1993-01-11 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530090044 = 10155709

Beyond USGS

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