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Crescent Mine

Past Producer in Clallam county in Washington, United States with commodities Manganese, Iron, Mercury, Sulfur, Copper, Zinc, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Lead
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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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Production statistics
  19. Workings at the site
  20. Links to other databases
  21. Bibliographic references
  22. General comments
  23. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042389
MRDS ID M060157
Record type Site
Current site name Crescent Mine
Alternate or previous names Crescent
Related records 10047877, 10203729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.94333, 48.0775 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 1.25 MI WEST OF LAKE CRESCENT., Accurate Within Claim Area. Location Given Is For Mine Symbol Shown On Topo Map Near Common Section Boundary

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 030N 010W 23,24 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • RAILROAD CROSSES PROPERTY; PROPERTY IS ABOUT 0.5 MILE NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 101, ACCESSIBLE BY ROAD EXITING HIGHWAY 1 MI EAST OF FAIRHOLM. 3 PATENTED CLAIMS, 1 UNPATENTED CLAIM. LOCATED ON STEEP SOUTH SIDE OF MULLER RIDGE. MINE IS NEAR COMMON SECTION BOUNDARY
  • ABOUT 1.25 MIILES WEST OF LAKE CRESCENT. THE RAILROAD CROSSES THE PROPERTY. ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY, ABOUT 0.5 MILES NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 101, IS BY WAY OF ROAD BEGINNING AT THE HIGHWAY 1 MILE EAST OF FAIRHOLM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Iron Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Sulfur Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Braunite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Copper Ore
Hausmannite Ore
Hematite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Basalt Is Spilitized

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS: AVERAGE OF 16,000 TONS (1923-1926): 50.92-54.33% MN, 8.93-7.78% SIO2, 1.13-0.74% S, 0.055-0.53% P205
Result (1941-1946): ABOUT 51.6% MN, 1.6% FE, 9.1% SIO2, 0.05% P, TR CU, PB, AND ZN.

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 > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
    Rock description Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.94333, 48.0775
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Several Reverse Faults Offset The Ore Bodies
Type of structure Regional
Structure description Reg.Trends: Wnw-Steeply Dipping

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N60-70W
    Dip STEEP SW
    Plunge NEAR VERTICAL
    Thickness 4.27M
    Length 36.58M
    Depth to top 64.01M
    Depth to bottom 361.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CRESCENT FORMATION, WHICh HOSTS MANGANESE MINERALIZATION ON THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, CONSISTS OF PALEOCENE? AND EOCENE PILLOW BASALTS COMPOSITIONALLY SIMILAR TO OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS. ASSOCIATED LIMESTONES WERE DEPOSITED IN DEEP WATER (SANVELY, 1987, P. 306-308).
  • Tectonic Setting: Host Rocks Of Manganese Deposits Of The Olympic Penninsula Formed At An Ocean Ridge Or In A Back Arc Basin At The Active Margin Of The North American Plate (Garrison, 1973; Snavely, 1987, P. 306-309).
  • Ore Control: Mineralization Occurs In Three Lenses, And Several Reverse Faults Offset The Ore Bodies (Data From U.S.G.S. Mrds, 1990). Manganese Deposits Of The Region Are Associated With Spilites (Park, 1942, P. 311-312) And Commonly Are Found With Reddish Pelagic Limestone Interbedded With The Basalt. Manganese Mineralization May Have Formed As Disseminated Bodies Of Replacement Origin Or As Volcanogenic Exhalative Bodies (Sorem And Gunn, 1967).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1922
Discoverer Charley Anderson, Sequim, Wash.
Year of first production 1924
Year of last production 1954

Mining district

District name Lake Crescent Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Olympic National Forest And Olympic National Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dan C. Peacock And Dan C. Peacock, Jr.
    Home office Orinda, Ca..
    First year 1955
  • Type Owner
    Owner T. R. Rixon, K. S. Morgenroth, R. E. Hedman, R. D. Rogers, J. L. Dolliver

Production statistics

  • Year 1926
    Period 1923-1926
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^Greater Than 51% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 51wt-pct
  • Year 1946
    Period 1941-1946
    Material ORE MN
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^51.6% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 52wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Period 1952-1953
    Material ORE AVG
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^46% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 46wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED MORE THAN 50,000 TONS BETWEEN 1923 AND 1954 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 254)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 7.885HA
    Length 2133.6M
    Overall depth 361.8M
    Overall length 365.76M
    Overall width 228.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED ON 10 LEVELS; MORE THAN 7,500 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING. THREE LENSES HAVE BEEN MINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARK, C.F. JR., 1942, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON, A PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-R, P. 435-457.

  • Production

    MAGILL, 1960

  • Deposit

    PARDEE, J.T., 1927 MANGANESE-BEARING DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CRESCENT AND HUMPTULIPS, WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS), 1927; PART 1-METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 795-A, P. 1-24.

  • Deposit

    BROWN, R.D., JR., GOWER, H.D. AND SNAVELY, P.D., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PORT ANGELES-LAKE CRESCENT AREA, CLALLAM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OIL AND GAS INVESTIGATIONS MAP OM-203, SCALE 1:62,500.

  • Deposit

    MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, 82 P.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 254.

  • 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. 22-23.

  • Deposit

    1925 RECON J. T. PARDEE, U.S.G.S. BULL. 795-A

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP C. F. PARK, JR., U.S.G.S. BULL. 931-R

  • Deposit

    1939-1940 GEOL EXPLORATION, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DIAMOND DRILL HOLES INTERSECTED MN LENS

  • Deposit

    1955-1956 GEOL EXPLORATION, DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRATION, DIAMOND DRILLING FOUND NO NEW ECONOMIC BODIES

  • Deposit

    GARRISON, R.E., 1973, SPACE-TIME RELATIONS OF PELAGIC LIMESTONES AND VOLCANIC ROCKS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 84, NO. 2, P. 583-594.

  • Deposit

    SNAVELY, P.D., JR., 1987, TERTIARY GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK, NEOTECTONICS, AND PETROLIUM POTENTIAL OF THE OREGON-WASHINGTON CONTINENTAL MARGIN. IN SCHOLL, D.W.; GRANTZ, ARTHUR; VEDDER, J.G., GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND ADJACENT OCEAN BASINS--BEAUFORT SEA TO BAJA CALIFORNIA: CIRCUM-PACIFIC COUNCIL FOR ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES EARTH SCIENCE SERIES , V. 6, P. 305-335.

  • Deposit

    SOREM, R.K.; GUNN, D.W., 1967, MINERALOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 1, P. 22-56.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MRDS RECORDS US53001, W017885 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
Deposit 3 LENTICULAR ORE BODIES ARE IN ARGILLACEOUS RED LIMESTONE 10-140 FT STRATIGRAPHICALLY ABOVE PILLOW BASALT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1973-10-01 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1982-07-01 Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 1992-10-01 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 1991-01-01 Berger, Mary A. U.S. Geological Survey MRDS SP00050 = 10055851
Reporter 1992-07-01 Frank, Dave U.S. Geological Survey MRDS SP00050 = 10055851
Editor 2012-12-03 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey deleted duplicate record MRDS SP00050 = 10055851.

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