Cedar 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 10047892
MRDS ID M700235
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Claim
Alternate or previous names Thompson Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.72572, 48.04173 (WGS84)
Elevation 884
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position BY MOUNT STORM KING 1.5 MILES SOUTH OF LAKE SUTHER LAND., Within One Mile Radius.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Sutherland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crescent-Hoko(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 030N 008W 27 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF BALDY RIDGE. ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE. LOCATION DETAILS ARE SKETCHY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 19.2% MN, 5.4% FE, 39.9% SIOZ

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Metchosin Volcanics
    Rock description Metchosin Volcanics
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.72572, 48.04173

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

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 Henry, William, And Vic Thompson, Port Angeles, Wa.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMM RI NO. 7, P.33

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 254

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 52-55, 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IN TUFF AND LIMESTONE THAT LIES BETWEEN BASALT FLOWS.
Deposit ONE CLAIM OF THOMPSON GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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.