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Blue Ox Prospect

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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  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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047896
MRDS ID M700240
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Ox Prospect
Alternate or previous names Mother
Related records 10130910

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.91407, 48.07201 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position WEST END OF LAKE CRESCENT.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Muller(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 009W 30 {LOT 4} Washington

Comments on the location information

  • COMMON DISCOVERY POST 67 FT EAST AND 7 FT NORTH OF SW CORNER LOT 4, SEC 30.30 FT ABOVE COUNTY ROAD TO OVINGTON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 30.6% MN, 4.6% FE

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) -123.91407, 48.07201
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N65W
    Dip STEEPLY SW
    Thickness 4.57M
    Length 6.71M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles S. Anderson And Theodore F. Rixon, Port Angeles, Wa.
    First year 1934

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 8.23M
    Overall length 8.23M

Comments on the workings information

  • 27 FT ADIT (NOW CAVED)

Comments on development

  • SHORT ADIT, TWO DIAMOND-DRILL HOLES OF UNKNOWN BEARING AND INCLINATION 273 FT AND 346 FT LONG WERE DRILLED IN 1943 BY THE ALASKA PACIFIC CONSOLIDATED MINING COMPANY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMM RI NO. 7, P. 26-32

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 254

  • Deposit

    USBM RI NO. 5530, P. 46-47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AN IRREGULAR, LENTICULAR MASS OF SILICEOUS MANGANESE-BEARING ROCK WITHIN RED LIMESTONE.
Deposit 2 UNPATENTED CLAIMS. STOCKPILED ROCK BY ADIT CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE HAUSMANNITE (ASSAY: 27.5% MN). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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