The Crescent Mine is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,250 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,250 Feet (381 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.0775, -123.94333
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Crescent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crescent Mine
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Iron
Tertiary: Sulfur
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
District: Lake Crescent Area
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 National Forest And Olympic National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: T. R. Rixon, K. S. Morgenroth, R. E. Hedman, R. D. Rogers, J. L. Dolliver
Owner Name: Dan C. Peacock And Dan C. Peacock, Jr.
Home Office: Orinda, Ca..
Years: 1955 -
Production
Year: 1953
Time Period: 1952-1953
Material type: ORE AVG
Description: Cp_Grade: ^46% Mn
Year: 1946
Time Period: 1941-1946
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^51.6% Mn
Year: 1926
Time Period: 1923-1926
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Cp_Grade: ^Greater Than 51% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Year Last Production: 1954
Discovery Year: 1922
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LENTICULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Reg.Trends: Wnw-Steeply Dipping
Type: L
Description: Several Reverse Faults Offset The Ore Bodies
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Basalt Is Spilitized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: (1941-1946): ABOUT 51.6% MN, 1.6% FE, 9.1% SIO2, 0.05% P, TR CU, PB, AND ZN.
Analytical Data: 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
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Braunite
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Hausmannite
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): 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
Comment (Deposit): 3 LENTICULAR ORE BODIES ARE IN ARGILLACEOUS RED LIMESTONE 10-140 FT STRATIGRAPHICALLY ABOVE PILLOW BASALT
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED ON 10 LEVELS; MORE THAN 7,500 FT OF DIAMOND DRILLING. THREE LENSES HAVE BEEN MINED.
Comment (Deposit): MRDS RECORDS US53001, W017885 HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED
References
Reference (Production): MAGILL, 1960
Reference (Deposit): 1955-1956 GEOL EXPLORATION, DEFENSE MINERALS EXPLORATION ADMINISTRATION, DIAMOND DRILLING FOUND NO NEW ECONOMIC BODIES
Reference (Deposit): 1938 GEOLMAP C. F. PARK, JR., U.S.G.S. BULL. 931-R
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): 1925 RECON J. T. PARDEE, U.S.G.S. BULL. 795-A
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): 1939-1940 GEOL EXPLORATION, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, DIAMOND DRILL HOLES INTERSECTED MN LENS
Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1927, MANGANESE-BEARING DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CRESCENT AND HUMPTULIPS, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 795-A, P. 16-19.
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F. JR., 1942, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON, A PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-R, P. 443-445.
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): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 37-43.
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