The Handy Prospect is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 774 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: 774 Feet (236 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.07222, -123.89528
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Handy Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Handy Prospect
Secondary: Daddy
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Harry Sweeds, Port Angeles, Wa. And Charles Anderson, Dungenes, Wa.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
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
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene
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: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAY (500 LB SAMPLE IN 1951): 33.5% MN, 50.5% FE, 27.6% SI02
Materials
Ore: Hausmannite
Ore: Bementite
Comments
Comment (Location): FOLLOW LAKE CRESCENT NORTHSHORE RD EAST, FROM WEST END OF LAKE CRESCENT, 0.9 MILE WHERE CROSSES A SMALL CREEK. DEPOSIT IS 100 FT HIGHER ON A STEEP SLOPE NORTH OF THE ROAD AND EAST OF THE CREEK.
Comment (Development): OPENCUT AND 15 FT DRIFT
Comment (Deposit): IN THE DRIFT THE MINERALIZED ZONE CONTAINS BANDS OF MN SILICATE 0.5 TO 1 FT WIDE. THE BANDS ARE SEPARATED BY ALTERED BASALT.
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT AND 15 FT DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): ROCKS NEAR DEPOSIT ARE ALTERED BASALT AND RED, LIMEY SHALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI NO. 5530, P. 47-48, 76
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