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Sunshine

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. 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 10092660
MRDS ID M700223
Record type Site
Current site name Sunshine
Related records 10277712

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.96518, 48.08729 (WGS84)
Elevation 713
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3 MILES NW OF FAIR HOLM.

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 NW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • .8 MILE NORTH OF BM 1059 ON US 101; .5 MILE SE OF MOUNT MULLER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

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) -123.96518, 48.08729
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Length 7.32M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RED LIMESTONE AND ARGILLITE ARE EXPOSED APPROXIMATELY 75 FT SOUTH OF THE DEPOSIT.

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

  • NO DATA ON WORKINGS.

Comments on development

  • UNKNOWN DEVELOPMENT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 257)

  • Deposit

    WASH. DMM RI NO. 7, P. 30 (1945)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BODY OF ORE ENCLOSED IN GREENSTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-82 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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