Sun Rise Claim

Occurrence in Clallam 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 10047882
MRDS ID M700222
Record type Site
Current site name Sun Rise Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.0549, 48.07979 (WGS84)
Elevation 663
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 3.1 MILES ENE OF SNIDER RANGER STATION.

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 24 SW OF NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ONE MILE ESE OF NORTH POINT LOOKOUT; .8 MILE NORTH OF US 101. ADJOINS EAST SIDE OF PINE RIDGE CLAIM (RECORD NO. M700219)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hematite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 4.64 TO 29.85% MN, 12.76 TO 34.85% FE, 18.36% TO 63.93% SIOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Metchosin Volcanics
    Rock description Metchosin Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.0549, 48.07979

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N75W TO N75E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.07M
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner P. C. Garrett, Port Angeles, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 TRENCHES

Comments on development

  • 3 TRENCHES AND OPENCUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 257

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 25, 77

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMM RI NO. 7, P. 29 (1945)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONE CLAIM. ONE GRAB SAMPLE TAKEN IN 1953 ASSAYED 28.0% MN. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit 3 BODIES OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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