Olympic Peninsula

Prospect in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodity Gemstone
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301884
MRDS ID W017884
MAS/MILS ID 0530090152
Record type Site
Current site name Olympic Peninsula
Related records 10072495

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -124.6296, 47.92168 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

La Push(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Forks(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Copalis Beach(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

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028 N 015 W 22 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -124.6296, 47.92168

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMMODITY IS SPHERULITIC JASTER OF VALUE TO COLLECTORS ONLY. SUCH JASPER OCCURS ALONG THE WEST COAST OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA PARTICULARLY IN THE VICINITY OF THE QUILLAYUTE RIVER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 44.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JAN-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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