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Sailor Boy Prospect

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. Geologic structures
  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 10047912
MRDS ID M700260
Record type Site
Current site name Sailor Boy Prospect
Related records 10131214

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.95268, 48.08062 (WGS84)
Elevation 419
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.7 MILES WNW OF FAIRHOLM.

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 Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 010W 23 NW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS TO THE SAILOR BOY ADIT IS BY WAY OF THE CRESCENT MINE ROAD, WHICH CONNECTS WITH U.S. HIGHWAY 101, 1 MILE WEST OF FAIRHOLM. THE MINE ROAD IS FOLLOWED ONE-FOURTH MILE TO ITS INTERSECTION WITH AN ABANDONED RAILROAD ROADBED, THENCE WESTWARD ALONG THE ROADBED TO A BULLDOZED TRAIL ONE-HALF MILE BEYOND THE CRESCENT CAMP. THE TRAIL LEADS NORTHWARD UP A MODERATELY STEEP SLOPE TO THE ADIT SITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Analytical data

Result NO SAMPLES WERE TAKEN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.95268, 48.08062
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Fault Cuts Through The Mineralized Pod.

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Comments on the geologic information

  • PROMINENT SECONDARY MINERALIZATION IS CALCITE AND HEMATITE STAIN THAT HAS FILLED IRREGULAR FRACTURES IN THE BASALT.

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 Dennis Heaney Estate
    Home office Seattle, Wa.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 110-FOOT CROSSCUT ADIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 5530, P. 36, 77

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE CROSSCUT WAS APPARENTLY DRIVEN TO INTERSECT A CONTINUATION OF THE FAVORABLE MANGANESE HORIZONS MINED AT THE NEARBY CRESCENT MINE. ; 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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