The Triple Trip Prospect is a manganese mine located in Mason county, Washington at an elevation of 1,001 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,001 Feet (305 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 47.50361, -123.32556
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Triple Trip Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Triple Trip Prospect
Secondary: Brown Mule
Secondary: McKean
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Mason
District: North Fork Skokomish River 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 Possibly Also In Olympic National Park
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: C. E. Brown And C. E. Russell, Olympia, Wash. (Possessory Title)
Years: 1942 -
Production
Year: 1945
Time Period: Wwi
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^35-45% Mn, 17-30% Sio2
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1910
Year Last Production: 1918
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: TABULAR, LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF 6 SAMPLES YIELDED 6-25% MN, 8-21% FE, 11-37% SIO2, 4-36% CAO. 2 SAMPLES FROM MAIN ORE BODY AVERAGED 24.8% MN
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Gangue: Jasper
Comments
Comment (Location): UNSURVEYED. 0.25 MI UP COPPER CREEK FROM THE NORTH FORK SKOKOMISH RIVER; ON THE NORTH BANK OF COPPER (BOULDER) CREEK
Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY IS ABOUT 1.5 FT THICK, 70 FT LONG, AND 30 FT WIDE. IT IS IN RED LIMESTONE ABOUT 1 FT FROM ITS CONTACT WITH PILLOW BASALT. OTHER SMALL MASSES OF MANGANIFEROUS ROCK HAVE BEEN UNCOVERED IN PITS ALONG COPPER CREEK TO THE SOUTHWEST. THEY ARE ON THE STRIKE OF THE MAIN BODY, BUT CONTINUITY HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. ORE BODY GRADES INTO LIMESTONE TO SOUTHWEST
Comment (Workings): 60 FT CROSSCUT WITH A 75 FT DRIFT, OLD ADIT WITH ABOUT 50 FT OF WORKINGS.
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700335
References
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. 261.
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956
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. 160.
Reference (Deposit): GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, P. 39.
Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 62.
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. 454-455.
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