Fossburg

Unknown in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203875
MRDS ID M700296
MAS/MILS ID 0530270009
Record type Site
Current site name Fossburg
Related records 10047935

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.60126, 47.38039 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(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)

Lower Chehalis(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 Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 007 W 20 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION (R. 7 W.) IS IMPROBABLE FOR THIS DEPOSIT; IT IS MOST LIKELY IN R. 9 W. IN THE VICINITY OF OTHER REPORTED MANGANESE DEPOSITS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.60126, 47.38039

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Victor Fossburg
    Home office Washington
    Year 1974

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 258.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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