The Littleton is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,401 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: 1,401 Feet (427 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.08111, -124.00972
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Littleton MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Littleton
Secondary: Peacock
Secondary: Johnnie M;
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Olympic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hausmannite
Ore: Bementite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED IN 1952 AND 1953 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 256).
Comment (Deposit): LENSES OF MANGANESE OXIDES AND SILICATES OCCUR IN RED LIMESTONE, WHICH IS INTERBEDDE IN BASALT. MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE REGION ARE ASSOCIATED WITH SPILITES (PARK, 1942, P. 311-312) AND OCCUR IN REDDISH PELAGIC LIMESTONE INTERBEDDED WITH THE BASALT. MANGANESE MINERALIZATION MAY BE EITHER DISSEMINATED IN REPLACEMENT BODIES OR VOLCANOGENIC EXHALATIVE/DIAGENETIC BODIES (SOREM AND GUNN, 1967). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Location): 5.1 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF SNAIDER RANGER STATION, 500FT WEST OF LITTLETON CREEK; PART OF THE LITTLETON GROUP OF CLAIMS; PROBABLY ON THE BORDER OF SECTIONS 20 AND 21.
References
Reference (Deposit): SOREM, R.K.; GUNN, D.W., 1967, MINERALOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 1, P. 22-56.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18.
Reference (Deposit): GARRISON, R.E., 1973, SPACE-TIME RELATIONS OF PELAGIC LIMESTONES AND VOLCANIC ROCKS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 84, NO. 2, P. 583-594.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, 82 P.
Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., 1942, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON--A PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-R, P. 435-457, 2 PL.
Reference (Deposit): SNAVELY, P.D., JR., 1987, TERTIARY GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK, NEOTECTONICS, AND PETROLIUM POTENTIAL OF THE OREGON-WASHINGTON CONTINENTAL MARGIN. IN SCHOLL, D.W.; GRANTZ, ARTHUR; VEDDER, J.G., GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND ADJACENT OCEAN BASINS--BEAUFORT SEA TO BAJA CALIFORNIA: CIRCUM-PACIFIC COUNCIL FOR ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES EARTH SCIENCE SERIES , V. 6, P. 305-335.
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