Whistler Flats South

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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047902
MRDS ID M700247
Record type Site
Current site name Whistler Flats South

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.51738, 47.9934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT ONE MILE NE OF HURRICANE HILL.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hurricane Hill(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 007W 24 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON HUTTON RIDGE, SOUTH OF WHISTLER FLATS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

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) -123.51738, 47.9934

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 60.96M
    Width 38.1M

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 development

  • OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 257

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL BOLD OUTCROPS.

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.