State Lease

The State Lease is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,299 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: State Lease
Secondary: Beaver Creek
Secondary: Beaver Falls
Secondary: Olympic Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Washington
County: Clallam

Land Status

Land ownership: State
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: Possibly In Olympic National Forest According To Topo Map

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: State Of Washington
Home Office: Washington

Owner Name: John C. Krueger
Home Office: Port Angeles, Wa.
Years: 1956 -

Production

Year: 1954
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^49.8% Mn, 11% Sio2 (Stockpiled, Never Shipped)
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^45.45% Mn, 1.89% Fe, 12.51% Sio2
Year: 1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47.5% Mn, 1.3% Fe, 12.6% Sio2

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1942
Year Last Production: 1955
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: LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TO 6.6 LB/TON HG. ASSAY: 41.74% MN, 3.21% FE, 13.68% SIO2

Materials

Ore: Rhodochrosite
Ore: Mercury
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Hausmannite
Gangue: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Location): 0.25 MI TRAIL FROM RAINEY CREEK RD. MAGILL GIVES LOCATION AS SW/4 SEC. 16

Comment (Commodity): NATIVE MERCURY REPORTED, NOT SEEN MY MAGILL

Comment (Development): 324 FT OF DIAMOND DRILL HOLES BY USBM ENCOUNTERED NO ORE AT BASALT LIMESTONE CONTACT

Comment (Workings): 135 FT ADIT, 63 FT DRIFT, 41 FT DRIFT ALL OBLITERATED WHEN OPEN PIT MINING WAS BEGUN IN 1952

References

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

Reference (Production): MAGILL (1960)

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

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. 257.

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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