Peggy

The Peggy is a manganese and iron 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

Name: Peggy  

State:  Washington

County:  Clallam

Elevation: 2,100 Feet (640 Meters)

Commodity: Manganese, Iron

Lat, Long: 48.07778, -123.94361

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Peggy MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Peggy


Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper


Location

State: Washington
County: Clallam


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Type: Underground


Ownership

Owner Name: E. F. Mctarnahan
Home Office: Port Angeles, Wa.

Owner Name: M. Lewis And K. Hopper
Home Office: Seattle, Wa.


Production

Year: 1952
Material type: ORE MN
Description: Ap_Grade: ^47 % Mn/Ton, 15 % Sio2/Ton (Includes Al2o3)


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Year Last Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1925
Discovery Method: Unknown
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: LENSES


Structure

Type: L
Description: Rocks Exposed In Open Cut Are Highly Fractured And Badly Contorted.


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

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: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY: 45.9 % MN, 8.21 % FE, 17.6 % SIO2


Materials

Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Hausmannite
Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Location): 1300 FT NE OF PORTAL OF MAIN ADIT OF CRESCENT MINE (RECORD NO. M060157).

Comment (Commodity): PRELIMINARY WORK INDICATED ORE EQUIVALENT TO THAT AT THE CRESCENT MINE.

Comment (Workings): SHAFT EXCAVATED TO DEPTH OF 85 FT AND BOULDERLIKE MASS OF ORE (ABOUT 30 LT) WAS MINED OUT.

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1920'S

Comment (Development): DRILLHOLE ENCOUNTERED ORE BODY AT 85 FT BELOW SURFACE. ABOUT 400 FT SW OF PEGGY OPENCUT (CUT WAS DONE IN 1952) AT ELEVATION 1465 FT A 70 FT ADIT WAS DRIVEN (N20W) THROUGH BASALT; MANGANESE OCCURS AS STAINING ALONG FRACTURES.

Comment (Deposit): ONE CLAIM

Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCKS ARE SAME AS AT CRESCENT MINE.


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, PART II, METALLIC MINERALS, V. 1, P. 256.

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MRCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 5530, P. 43-44.

Reference (Production): USBM RI 5530, P. 43-44


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