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Olympic Peninsula

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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  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. Links to other databases
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10072495
MRDS ID W017884
Record type Site
Current site name Olympic Peninsula
Related records 10301884

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50126, 47.49979 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(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)

Skokomish(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

Comments on the location information

  • DIRECTLY ABOVE EASTERN END OF LAKE SUTHERLAND

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hausmannite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.50126, 47.49979
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lenses Are Broken And Bordered By Slip Faces, On Which Known Offsets Are Small.

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike S55E
    Dip LESS THAN 45S, OVERTURNED (?)
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 182.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ORE ZONE GRADES WESTWARD INTO RED LIMEY ARGILLITE AND EASTWARD INTO AGGLOMERATE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on development

  • BUREAU OF MINES HAS SUNK AN INCLINED SHAFT TO DETERMINE NATURE OF DEPOSIT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES IN ZONE OF TUFF AND LIMESTONE. THE ZONES LIE BETWEEN BASALT FLOWS. THE ZONE OF ORE CONTINUES IRREGULARLY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SHAFT, IN A RED LIMY ZONE BETWEEN PILLOW BASALT AND BASALTIC TUFF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1982 Lawson, W.A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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