The F&L Ella and Broken Shovel is a mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 4,350 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: 4,350 Feet (1,326 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 47.9811, -123.48330
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F&L Ella and Broken Shovel MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: F&L Ella and Broken Shovel
Secondary: F & L Deposit
Secondary: Ella - 0530090338
Secondary: Broken Shovel - 0530090339
Secondary: Idaho
Secondary: Olympic Peninsula Mn - 0530310200
Commodity
Tertiary: 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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: James C Loomis And Russell Smith
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1974
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1958
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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5530, 1959, P. 51.
Reference (Deposit): P. 254.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,
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