Hurricane

Occurrence in Clallam 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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10055853
MRDS ID SP00052
Record type Site
Current site name Hurricane

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.5046, 48.00618 (WGS84)
Elevation 1219

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elwha(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(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

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED, ELEV. 4000 FT., ABOUT 2.7 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF ELWHA RANGER STATION AND 0.3 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF GRIFF.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Rhodonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.5046, 48.00618

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mineralization At The Hurricane Deposit Is Found In Lense Shaped Bodies (Data From U.S.G.S. Mrds, 1990). Manganese Deposits Of The Region Are Associated With Spilites (Park, 1942, P. 311-312) And Commonly Are Found With Reddish Pelagic Limestone Interbedded With The Basalt. Manganese Mineralization May Be Either Disseminated In Replacement Bodies Of Volcanogenic Exhalatice/Diagenetic Bodies (Sorem And Gunn, 1967)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PRODUCED ABOUT 1000 TONS OF ORE (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 255).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY HIGHLY ALTERED BASALT CONTAINING INTERCALATED PODS OR LENSES OF RED LIMESTONE (DATA FROM U.S.G.S. MRDS, 1990). THE CRESCENT FORMATION, WHICH HOSTS MANGANESE MINERALIZATION ON THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, CONSISTS OF PALEOCENE? AND EOCENE PILLOW BASALTS COMPOSITIONALLY SIMILAR TO OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS. ASSOCIATED PELAGIC LIMESTONES INDICATE DEPOSITION IN DEEP WATER (SNAVELY, 1987, P. 306-308). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1991 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1992 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.