Elma

The Elma is a iron mine located in Grays Harbor county, Washington at an elevation of 98 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Elma
Secondary: Dennis

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Secondary: Titanium, Metal

Location

State: Washington
County: Grays Harbor

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Mr. Thomas, Seattle, Wa.
Years: 1942 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Fossil Placer
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: BEDDED

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Oligocene

Name: Sand and Gravel
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Oligocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 50.93% FE, 1.38% SIO2, 3% AL2O3, 0.06% CAO, 1.13% MGO, 0.08% MN, 0.01% P2O5, 0.077% S, 24.12% TIO2
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: 50.02% FE, 0.8% SIO2, 0.18% P2O5, 0.062% S, 22.23% TIO2

Materials

Ore: Ilmenite

Comments

Comment (Location): IN SOUTHEASTERN PART OF COUNTY, 2.75 MI OFF THE OLYMPIC HIGHWAY

Comment (Commodity): MAGNETITE AND ILMENITE GRAINS ARE WELL ROUNDED AND CEMENTED

Comment (Workings): OPEN CUT, 2-3 PITS

Comment (Production): 1 CARLOAD PLUS A 1,000 LB TEST SHIPMENT

Comment (Deposit): 1- 4 FT THICK BED OF STRATIFIED, IN PART CONSOLIDATED, BLACK SAND COVERED BY 3-8 FT OF OVERBURDEN. PLACER AREA COVERS 2-3 ACRES. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Comment (Geology): HOST ROCK APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DERIVED FROM BASALTIC AND ANDESITIC SOURCE ROCKS

References

Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956,

Reference (Reserve-Resource): HUNTTING, 1956

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 101.

Reference (Deposit): SHEDD, SOLON, JENKING, O.P., AND COOPER, H.H., 1922, IRON ORES, FUELS AND FLUXES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY BULLETIN 27, P. 107-109.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 196.

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