The Littleton Mine is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,401 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.08361, -124.01944
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Littleton Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Littleton Mine
Secondary: Peacock
Secondary: Johnnie M.
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
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 National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles H. Anderson, Dungenes, And Harry Sweeds, Port Angeles
Years: 1960 -
Owner Name: Kenneth Hopper, Mel Lewis, And Sam Marsh, Seattle
Years: 1953 -
Production
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^48.84% Mn, 14.48% Sio2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1953
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: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Series Of Small Faults Offset The Ore Body
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY OF OUTCROP SAMPLE: 44.35% MN, 2.25% FE, 14.3% SIO2, 0.026%
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Hausmannite
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. CREEK SHOWN AS LITTLETON CREEK ON TOPO MAP IS THE NEXT CREEK EAST OF THE ONE SHOWN ADJACENT TO THE DEPOSIT IN GREEN. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 UNPATENTED CLAIMS
Comment (Deposit): LENS OF MN OXIDES AND SILICATES IN RED LIMESTONE.
Comment (Workings): SURFACE STRIPPING, CAVED CROSSCUT
Comment (Geology): LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH BASALT.
Comment (Production): SHIPMENT WAS MADE TO GSA. ALSO POSSIBLE SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1952
References
Reference (Production): MAGILL, 1960
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGNAESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 45 P.
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. 26.
Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 31-32, 76.
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. 256.
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