North Pole Quartz Claim

Occurrence in Jefferson county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047957
MRDS ID M700324
Record type Site
Current site name North Pole Quartz Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.15042, 47.61397 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position ABOUT .5 MILE SE OF LENA LAKE.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hood Canal(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 Jefferson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025N 004W 35 NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR LENA LAKE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    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 Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.15042, 47.61397

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Length 2.44M
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS UNKNOWN

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WDMG BULL 37, P. 259

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO LENSES OF ORE IN GREENSTONE: ONE OUTCROP 6 FT BY 4 FT, ANOTHER 8 FT BY 5 FT.

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.