Lost Kremer

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040187
MRDS ID M054876
MAS/MILS ID 530090179
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Kremer
Related records 10131205

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.06722, 48.07361 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2.5 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF SNIDER RANGER STATION; ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF NORTH POINT, Estimated On Small Tributary To Soleduck River

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snider Peak(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)

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 Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 011W 25 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • CINNABAR FOUND ON EAST BANK OF A SMALL STREAM, POSSIBLY AT THE LOST KREMER PROPERTY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 2.73% MN, 19.68% FE, 70.14% SI02.

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
    Rock description Crescent Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.06722, 48.07361

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Olympic 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, P. 256.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION AVAILABLE IN REFERENCES

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. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-11-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted duplicate record 10131205
Reporter 1993-01-11 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines MAS 0530090179 = 10131205

Beyond USGS

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