Idaho Claim

Occurrence in Clallam 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047893
MRDS ID M700236
Record type Site
Current site name Idaho Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.48516, 47.9809 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position ON HUTTON (SUNRISE ?) RIDGE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Angeles(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Dungeness-Elwha(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 029N 006W 20 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON CREST OF HUTTON RIDGE (SUNRISE RIDGE ON QUAD MAP). NEAR ELLA CLAIM (RECORD NO. M700230). ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Metchosin
    Rock description Metchosin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.48516, 47.9809

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Dip SOUTH
    Length 60.96M
    Width 38.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDS ARE OVERTURNED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMM RI NO. 7, P. 33-34

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 255

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVE MANGANESE BODIES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 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.