The Clallam is a manganese and mercury mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,759 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,759 Feet (536 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese, Mercury
Lat, Long: 48.07278, -124.13111
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Clallam MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Clallam
Secondary: Lookout
Secondary: Snider
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
Land Status
Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Olympic Natinal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Sweed And Others (-
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: 5.57-30.92% MN, 8.9-29.69% FE, 19.9-58.54% SI02. A GRAB SAMPLE FROM LOWER LENS ASSAYED 21.2% MN. NUMEROUS ASSAYS IN MAGILL INDICATE 20.1-36.2% MN
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Hausmannite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): FIVE LENSES OF MANGANESE ORE LYING BETWEEN GREENSTONE AND RED ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE. DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF LARGEST LENS.
Comment (Workings): 5 TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: DIMENSIONS ARE OF LARGEST LENS
Comment (Production): SEVERAL HUNDRED POUNDS OF ORE AT 27.4% MN WERE SHIPPED TO WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE IN 1936 FOR METALLURGICAL TESTING. RESULTS WERE NOT REPORTED BUT A LACK OF FURTHER PRODUCTION PROBABLY INDICATES UNFAVORABLE FINDINGS
Comment (Location): PROPERTY CONSISTS OF AT LEAST 4 CLAIMS
References
Reference (Production): MAGILL, 1960
Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A.,. 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 16-19.
Reference (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.
Reference (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.
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