The Crescent Mine is a mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,099 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: 1,099 Feet (335 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 48.0775, -123.94330
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Crescent Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Crescent Mine
Secondary: Olympic Peninsula Mn - 0530310200
Secondary: Peggy Mine
Commodity
Tertiary: Silica
Tertiary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Manganese
Tertiary: Aluminum
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: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Katherine S Morgenroth
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1974
Owner Name: Roy D. Rogers And Others
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1953
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1952
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
Unknown: Hectorite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): RESOURCE FIGURES ARE FROM THE REPORT BY E.A.MAGILL.HIS FIELD WAS DONE DURING 1953-1955.PERCENTAGE FIGURES FOR THE COMMODI OCCURING WITH THE ORE ARE AN AVERAGE OF SOME OF THE MINED OR OF THE REMAINING ORE IS LIKELY TOCONTAIN HIGHER PERCENTAGES ALUMINA AND SILICA.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 5530, 1959, P. 37-43.
Reference (Deposit): P. 254.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,
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