Black and White Mine

Past Producer in Mason county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Manganese, Silver, Nickel, Cobalt, Magnesite, Zinc
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088849
MRDS ID M700283
Record type Site
Current site name Black and White Mine
Alternate or previous names Three Friends Claim
Related records 10301695

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.34626, 47.57423 (WGS84)
Elevation 1318
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF LAKE CUSHMAN, Estimated Adjacent To Trail On West Side Of Black And White Lakes

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Skokomish(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Olympus(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Skokomish(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Olympic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Mason

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024N 005W 17,21 SW4 OF NW4 OF NE4 (17) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. BY BLACK AND WHITE LAKES ON DIVIDE EAST OF NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH RIVER. ON WEST SLOPE OF MOUNT GLADYS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Magnesite Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Chalcocite Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore
Malachite Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Jasper Gangue

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF 125 TONS CONTAINED 5.63% CU, 0.12% NI AND CO, 19.72% MNO, 7.44% FE2O3, 3.84% CAO, 5.15% H2O, 57.2% INSOL., TR ZN AND MG.

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 > Sandstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.34626, 47.57423

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES (PINCH AND SWELL)
    Strike N20E
    Dip STEEP SE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 51.82M
    Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Altered Basalt-Sandstone Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST ROCK UNITS ARE UNNAMED. MAIN COUNTRY ROCKS IN AREA ARE ALTERED BASALTS AND MARINE SEDIMENTARY ROCKS. NO RED LIMESTONE WAS SEEN NEAR ORE, BUT IT IS PRESENT IN SAME STRATIGRAPHIC HORIZON A SHORT DISTANCE TO THE NORTHEAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Park
Area name In Olympic National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Olympic Mines, Inc.
    First year 1943

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^7.85% Cu, 0.40 Oz/Ton Ag, 3.2% Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Silver Silver 11g/mt
    Ore Iron Iron 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Copper Copper 8wt-pct
  • Year 1918
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^About 25% Mn (Test Shipment)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 25wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT, SHAFT, SEVERAL CUTS AND PITS

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY STAKED AS A COPPER CLAIM IN 1907. MN WAS RECOGNIZED IN 1918

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. 61-62.

  • Deposit

    MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 62-64, 77.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, P. 40-41.

  • 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. 158.

  • Production

    MAGILL, 1960

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 LENSES OF MN SILICATES FOUND ALONG ALTERED BASALT-SANDSTONE CONTACT. ORE EXPOSED OVER 1,080 SQUARE FOOT AREA. ATTITUDE GIVEN IS OF HOST ROCK. MINERAL ASSEMBLAGE AND ELEMENT ANALYSES MAY SUGGEST TWO SEPARATE DEPOSIT TYPES, ONE OF WHICH IS VOLCANOGENIC MN AND THE OTHER OF WHICH IS UNKNOWN, BUT POSSIBLY CYPRUS-TYPE MASSIVE SULFIDE.

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

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