The Daisy No. 2 and No. 3 is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 2,100 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: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.07667, -123.91556
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Daisy No. 2 and No. 3 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Daisy No. 2 and No. 3
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
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
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Orris, Joe
Home Office: Port Angeles, Wa
Years: 1934 -
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: A Pronounced Fault Exposed In The Adit Forms The Basalt-Sedimentary Rock Contact. Trend Is East
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Superficial Manganese Oxide Staining Is Extensive Along Minute Fractures In The Argillite.
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: DAISEY NO. 3: A GRAB SAMPLE FROM UNDERGROUND HAD 5.5% MN, A SECOND SAMPLE FROM A SLOUGHED PIT ASSAYED 14.5% MN.
Analytical Data: DAISEY NO. 2: A GRABSAMPLE HAD 26.3% MN
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Comments
Comment (Geology): SMALL PITS ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT THE DAISY GROUP; HOWEVER, ONLY WORKINGS ON THE DAISY NOS. 2 AND 3 DISCLOSED MANGANESE MINERALIZATION. THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRY ROCKS ARE PARTLY ALTERED BASALT AND RED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS GRADING FROM IMPURE LIMESTONE TO ARGILLITE.
Comment (Deposit): DAISEY NO. 2: RED ARGILLITE FORMS A CONTACT WITH ALTERED BASALT IN THE HIGH SIDE OF AN OPEN CUT. A MN ZONE IS EXPOSED FOR A LENGTH OF 10 FT. DAISEY NO. 3: THE ADIT HAS EXPOSED A LENS OF RED SEDIMENTARY ROCK THAT IS INTERBEDDED IN PILLOW BASALT FLOWS. MINERALS ON BOTH CLAIMS ARE MIXED MANGANESE OXIDES AND HYDROUS MANGANESE MANGANESE MINERALIZATION UNDERGROUND APPEARS LIMITED TO LESS THAN 2 FEET IN ANY DIRECTION. ADDITIONAL MANGANESE MINERALIZATION IS PRESENT AS A BOULDERLIKE MASS IN THE SLOUGHED PIT DIRECTLY ABOVE THE UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. THE BOULDER COVERS AN AREA OF 4 SQUARE FEET AND IS 2 FEET THICK.
Comment (Development): EXPLORATION WORK ON DAISEY NO. 3 CLAIM COMPRISES TWO SMALL OPEN PITS AND A SHORT ADIT. EXPLORATORY WORK ON DAISY NO. 2 CLAIM CONSISTED OF A BULLDOZED CUT (1955) TO GAIN ACESS TO AN AREA PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED BY A SMALL CURVED ADIT.
Comment (Location): THE DAISY GROUP OF CLAIMS IS LESS THAN ONE-HALF MILE NORTH OF LAKE CRESCENT IN THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK. THE CLAIMS ARE REACHED BY WAY OFTHE CRESCENT-MINE ROAD TO AN ABANDONED RAILROAD ROADBED, WHICH CONTINUES EASTWARD 1.1 MILES TO A JEEP ROAD LEADING UP AN UNNAMED GULCH ONE-HALF MILE TO THE WORKINGS ON THE DAISY NO. 2 CLAIM. THE DAISY NO. 3 WORKINGS ARE 1,000 FEET NORTHWEST OF THE BULLDOZER TRENCH ON THE DAISY NO. 2 CLAIM. PRINCIPAL WORKINGS ON THE SEVERAL CLAIMS RANGE IN ELEVATION FROM 1460 TO 1920 FEET.
References
Reference (Deposit): WASH. BMG BULL 37, P. 254-255
Reference (Deposit): USBM RI 5530, P. 45-46
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