Egge Claims

Past Producer in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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. 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. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047932
MRDS ID M700291
Record type Site
Current site name Egge Claims
Alternate or previous names Quinault

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.85571, 47.37868 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 6.3 MI SOUTH OF QUINAULT., Probably Accurate Within Claim Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Quinault East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grays Harbor(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 022N 009W 19,20,30 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PARTLY UNSURVEYED. CLAIMS COVER ABOUT A 3 SQUARE MILE AREA ON QUINAULT RIDGE AT THE HEADWATERS OF COOK, SKUNK, AND STEVENS CREEKS. PROPERTY INCLUDES 17 CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Basalt Is Spilitized

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES GAVE 24.51, 27.58% MN, 17.58, 24.95% FE, 44.14, 23.81% SIO2

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 Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.85571, 47.37868

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1941, 1952

Mining district

District name Quinault Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Partly Within Olympic National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Leased To Consolidated Coal Exporters, Inc., Seattle, Wash.
    First year 1952
  • Type Owner
    Owner Henry Egge Et Al., Hoquiam, Wash.
    First year 1941

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1941 AND 1952

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 258.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 100.

  • Production

    HUNTTING, 1956

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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