The Peggy is a manganese and iron mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 2,100 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Iron
Lat, Long: 48.07778, -123.94361
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Peggy MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peggy
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: E. F. Mctarnahan
Home Office: Port Angeles, Wa.
Owner Name: M. Lewis And K. Hopper
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.
Production
Year: 1952
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47 % Mn/Ton, 15 % Sio2/Ton (Includes Al2o3)
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Olympic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: Rocks Exposed In Open Cut Are Highly Fractured And Badly Contorted.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY: 45.9 % MN, 8.21 % FE, 17.6 % SIO2
Materials
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Hausmannite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 1300 FT NE OF PORTAL OF MAIN ADIT OF CRESCENT MINE (RECORD NO. M060157).
Comment (Commodity): PRELIMINARY WORK INDICATED ORE EQUIVALENT TO THAT AT THE CRESCENT MINE.
Comment (Workings): SHAFT EXCAVATED TO DEPTH OF 85 FT AND BOULDERLIKE MASS OF ORE (ABOUT 30 LT) WAS MINED OUT.
Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S
Comment (Development): DRILLHOLE ENCOUNTERED ORE BODY AT 85 FT BELOW SURFACE. ABOUT 400 FT SW OF PEGGY OPENCUT (CUT WAS DONE IN 1952) AT ELEVATION 1465 FT A 70 FT ADIT WAS DRIVEN (N20W) THROUGH BASALT; MANGANESE OCCURS AS STAINING ALONG FRACTURES.
Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCKS ARE SAME AS AT CRESCENT MINE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, PART II, METALLIC MINERALS, V. 1, P. 256.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MRCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 5530, P. 43-44.
Reference (Production): USBM RI 5530, P. 43-44
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