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State Lease

Past Producer in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Mercury
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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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040191
MRDS ID M054880
Record type Site
Current site name State Lease
Alternate or previous names Beaver Creek, Beaver Falls, Olympic Mine
Related records 10130940

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.24436, 48.09728 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NORTHEAST OF SAPPHO ON BEAVER CREEKL ABOUT 2.2 MI NORTH OF BEAR CREEK CAMPGROUND, Estimated Where Shown In Green

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clallam(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadmans Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Flattery(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

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 Clallam

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030N 012W 16 NEAR CENTER OF NW4 OF SE4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • 0.25 MI TRAIL FROM RAINEY CREEK RD. MAGILL GIVES LOCATION AS SW/4 SEC. 16

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NATIVE MERCURY REPORTED, NOT SEEN MY MAGILL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Mercury Ore
Rhodochrosite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result TO 6.6 LB/TON HG. ASSAY: 41.74% MN, 3.21% FE, 13.68% 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 Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.24436, 48.09728
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N80E
    Dip 45NW
    Thickness 2.44M
    Length 10.36M
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Deposit Lies At The Basalt-Limestone Contact

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1955

Land status

Ownership category State
Area name Possibly In Olympic National Forest According To Topo Map

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John C. Krueger
    Home office Port Angeles, Wa.
    First year 1956
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of Washington
    Home office Washington

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47.5% Mn, 1.3% Fe, 12.6% Sio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SIL Silica Silica 13wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 48wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 1wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45.45% Mn, 1.89% Fe, 12.51% Sio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SIL Silica Silica 13wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 45wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 2wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^49.8% Mn, 11% Sio2 (Stockpiled, Never Shipped)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    SIL Silica Silica 11wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 50wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 72.85M

Comments on the workings information

  • 135 FT ADIT, 63 FT DRIFT, 41 FT DRIFT ALL OBLITERATED WHEN OPEN PIT MINING WAS BEGUN IN 1952

Comments on development

  • 324 FT OF DIAMOND DRILL HOLES BY USBM ENCOUNTERED NO ORE AT BASALT LIMESTONE CONTACT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 364.

  • Deposit

    MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 9-13.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 257.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 45 P.

  • Production

    MAGILL (1960)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-76 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 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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