Crescent Mine

Past Producer in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Silica
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10203729
MRDS ID M060157
MAS/MILS ID 0530090014
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Mine
Alternate or previous names Olympic Peninsula Mn - 0530310200, Peggy Mine
Related records 10042389

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.94459, 48.07729 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Muller(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Angeles(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crescent-Hoko(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 Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 N 010 W 24 SWNWSW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Silica Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hectorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.94459, 48.07729

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Roy D. Rogers And Others
    Home office Washington
    Year 1953
  • Type Owner
    Owner Katherine S Morgenroth
    Home office Washington
    Year 1974

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 0
    Measured 202mt ore
    Indicated 6100mt ore
    Demonstrated 6302mt ore
    Inferred 7260mt ore
    Total resources 13562mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Aluminum Al2O3 2.6 wt-pct Aluminum Trace 0
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P 0.05 wt-pct Phosphorus Trace 0
    Silica SiO2 9.5 wt-pct Silica Trace 0
    Manganese Mn 44 wt-pct Manganese Trace 0
    Iron Fe 1.6 wt-pct Iron Trace 0

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESOURCE FIGURES ARE FROM THE REPORT BY E.A.MAGILL.HIS FIELD WAS DONE DURING 1953-1955.PERCENTAGE FIGURES FOR THE COMMODI OCCURING WITH THE ORE ARE AN AVERAGE OF SOME OF THE MINED OR OF THE REMAINING ORE IS LIKELY TOCONTAIN HIGHER PERCENTAGES ALUMINA AND SILICA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 254.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5530, 1959, P. 37-43.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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