Moore Property

Occurrence in Okanogan 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041652
MRDS ID M056806
Record type Site
Current site name Moore Property
Alternate or previous names Hermance
Related records 10301402

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.00114, 48.94984 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 4 MI N OF WAUCONDA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chesaw(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oroville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
038N;038N 030E;031E 22;30,31 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3 1/2 TONS IN 1936

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result LESS THAN 10% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
    Rock unit name Kobau, Spectacle
    Rock description Kobau, Spectacle
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.00114, 48.94984

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PYROLUSITE LENSES
  • General form PYROLUSITE LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • At Quartzite/Shale Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. A. Hermance.
    Home office Wauconda, Wa
    First year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DGER BULL. 73, P. 61, PLATE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1975 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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