The Egge Claims is a manganese mine located in Grays Harbor county, Washington at an elevation of 1,601 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,601 Feet (488 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 47.37889, -123.85444
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Egge Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Egge Claims
Secondary: Quinault
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Washington
County: Grays Harbor
District: Quinault 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: Partly Within Olympic National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Henry Egge Et Al., Hoquiam, Wash.
Years: 1941 -
Owner Name: Leased To Consolidated Coal Exporters, Inc., Seattle, Wash.
Years: 1952 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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
Model Name: Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Basalt Is Spilitized
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES GAVE 24.51, 27.58% MN, 17.58, 24.95% FE, 44.14, 23.81% SIO2
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Comments
Comment (Location): PARTLY UNSURVEYED. CLAIMS COVER ABOUT A 3 SQUARE MILE AREA ON QUINAULT RIDGE AT THE HEADWATERS OF COOK, SKUNK, AND STEVENS CREEKS. PROPERTY INCLUDES 17 CLAIMS
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1941 AND 1952
References
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. 100.
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. 258.
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