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June

Occurrence in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Mercury
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095478
MRDS ID M054877
Record type Site
Current site name June
Alternate or previous names Lowboy Claim
Related records 10302060

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.04046, 48.07646 (WGS84)
Elevation 372
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1 MI NORTHWEST OF HECKLES (HECKLES NOT LABELED ON TOPO MAP); ABOUT 4 MI EAST-NORTHEAST OF THE SNIDER RANGER STATION, Estimated Where Shown On Map In Green, In South-Central Part Sec. 19

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Snider Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hoh-Quillayute(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 Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 010W 19 SE4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS 300 FT NORTH OF THE ROAD (FROM HECKLES TO THE POLARIS CLAIM) WHERE THE ROAD CROSSES A SMALL STREAM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MN OXIDE COATINGS PRESENT ON EXPOSED SURFACES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Exposed Surfaces Coated With Mn Oxides.

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: 14.98-18.18% MN, 19.34-23.61% FE, 26.78-30.99% SIO2
Result ASSAYS OF 3 CHANNEL SAMPLES (MAGILL): 1.63% MN, 24% MN, 17 %MN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 100
USGS model code 24c.3
Deposit model name Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.04046, 48.07646
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS (MN), VEINLETS (HG)
    Strike N83E
    Dip 55-90S
    Thickness 0.76M

Comments on the geologic information

  • VESICLES IN BASALT ARE FILLED WITH CALCITE AND MN OXIDES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Olympic National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Winters, Byron
    Home office Port Angeles, Wa.
    First year 1960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS, SHAFT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 364.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 255.

  • Deposit

    MCGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 45 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOOSIT CONSISTS OF A NARROW MANGANIFEROUS LENS CONTAINING CINNABAR VEINLETS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-76 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-82 Lawson, W.A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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