Wynoochee

Occurrence in Grays Harbor 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. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047950
MRDS ID M700316
Record type Site
Current site name Wynoochee
Related records 10277016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.55848, 47.46673 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 8 MILES NNE OF GRISDALE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wynoochee Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Chehalis(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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 Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023N 007W 22 SW OF SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 800 FT UP ROAD NO. 915 OF SIMPSON LOGGING CO. ON HEADWATERS OF WYNOOCHEE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

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) -123.55848, 47.46673

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 60.96M
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Simpson Logging Co.
    First year 1951

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 259

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROP 20 FT BY 200 FT OF ORE BEARING BASKLT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 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.