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Esther-Irene

Past Producer in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodity Manganese
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  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 10047933
MRDS ID M700292
Record type Site
Current site name Esther-Irene
Alternate or previous names Cook Creek No. 26 Mine
Related records 10180496

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.85127, 47.38562 (WGS84)
Elevation 386
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 3.9 MI NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BURNT HILL LOOKOUT. ABOUT 6.3 MI SOUTH OF QUINAULT, Estimated At Head Of Philips Creek On East Side Of Quinault Ridge. The Descriptive Location Does Not Match Projected Cadastral Location, Estimated At Head Of Philips Creek On East Side Of Quinault Ridge. The Descriptive Location Does Not Match Projected Cadastral Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Quinault East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Grays Harbor(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 19 SW4 OF SW4 OF NW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION (MAGILL) IS GIVEN AS SEC. 24. THERE ARE 2 CLAIMS LOCATED AT HEAD OF PHILLIPS CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bementite Ore
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result TWO SELECTED SAMPLES ASSAYED 16.3 AND 26.8% MN. ASSAYS AS HIGH AS 40% HAVE BEEN REPORTED

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) -123.85127, 47.38562
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Minor Faults And Fracturing In The Greenstone

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N20-25E
    Dip 53-66E
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPRING AT ABOUT 945 FT ELEVATION (NEXT TO LOWER ZONE) ISSUES FROM GREENSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Quinault Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name In Olympic National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Consolidated Minerals Corp. Seattle, Wash.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dave Pryde And Henry Egge, Hoquiam, Wash.
    First year 1944

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION YEAR UNKNOWN

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.074HA
    Overall length 42.67M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA GIVEN IS FOR EXTENT OF ORE BODY, LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE FOR SURFACE WORKINGS - OPEN CUT AND PITS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATORY BULLDOZER TRENCHING WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN 1954 TO SEARCH FOR EXTENSIONS OF THE ORE BODIES. RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED IN REFERENCES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETN 37, V. 1, P. 258.

  • Deposit

    MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF TEH OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 69-70.

  • Deposit

    GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, P. 43.

  • 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. 102.

  • Production

    WASH. DMG BULL 37, P. 258

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SMALL, MANGANIFEROUS ORE BODIES IN SEPARATE SILICEOUS ZONES IN ALTERED BASALT. ZONES ARE 6 X 30 FT AND 6 X 22 FT. ORE IS EXPOSED IN 4 PLACES OVER A 135 FT DISTANCE AND ONE BODY WAS UP TO 20 FT WIDE

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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