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Skunk Creek No. 19 Claim

Past Producer in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047945
MRDS ID M700309
Record type Site
Current site name Skunk Creek No. 19 Claim
Related records 10204209

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.87766, 47.37257 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.3 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BURNT HILL LOOKOUT. ABOUT 6.5 MI SOUTH OF QUINAULT LAKE, Estimated At Prospect Symbol Shown On Topo Map

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stevens Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Queets-Quinault(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 30 NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ACCESS TO CLAIM IS BY WAY OF QUINAULT RIDGE ROAD NORTHEASTERLY ABOUT 1.75 MI TO AN UNMARKED ROAD JUNCTION; FROM THE JUNCTION, THE EASTERLY BRANCH EXTENDS 1 MI TO THE WORKINGS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERALIZATION CONSISTS ESSENTIALLY OF BEMENTITE AND NEOTOCITE WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF OTHER MINERALS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Goethite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrolusite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAY: 18.1% MN, 17.5% FE

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) -123.87766, 47.37257
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N60W
    Dip 45SW (AVERAGE DIP)
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 30.48M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE, WHICH IS USUALLY PRESENT IN DEPOSITS OF THIS TYPE IN THE AREA, DOES NOT OCCUR IN SIGNIFICANT QUANTITIES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Olympic National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Consolidated Minerals Corp., Seattle, Wa.

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^19.5% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 20wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE MN FE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^18.1% Mn, 17.5% Fe, 33% Sio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Iron Iron 18wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 18wt-pct
    SIL Silica Silica 33wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION CONSISTED OF TEST SHIPMENTS ONLY. MECHANICAL CONCENTRATION TESTS FAILED TO PRODUCE SATISFACTORY RESULTS EITHER IN PERCENTAGE RECOVERY OR GRADE OF CONCENTRATE. SMELTING WAS MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL; 92.5% OF THE MN WAS RECOVERED IN AN ALLOY CONTAINING 38.3% MN, 39.7% FE, AND 13.3% SIO2.

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT

Comments on development

  • TWO DIAMOND-DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1955 TO DETERMINE EXTENT OF THE LENS. THESE INDICATED THAT THE LENS PINCHES AT DEPTH AND TO THE WEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 71-73, 77.

  • 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. 103.

  • Production

    MAGILL, 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A HIGHLY SILICEOUS MANGANIFEROUS LENS OCCURS IN AN ALTERED BASALT. THE LENS HAS A MAXIMUM THICKNESS NEAR THE CENTER IS 30 FT AND THINS TOWARD THE EDGES.

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

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