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Whistler Flats Southwest

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. 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 10047903
MRDS ID M700248
Record type Site
Current site name Whistler Flats Southwest

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.51877, 47.9934 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 A SPUR CONNECTING UNICORN PEAK AND HURRICANE HILL, SW OF WHISTLER FLATS. ELEVATION IS APPROXIMATE.

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) -123.51877, 47.9934
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 396.24M
    Width 91.44M

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. BMG BULL 37, P. 257

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODIES STAND IN VERTICAL CLIFFS 200 TO 300 FT HIGH FOR A 0.25 MILE DISTANCE.

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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