Egge Claims

The Egge Claims is a manganese mine located in Grays Harbor county, Washington at an elevation of 1,601 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Egge Claims
Secondary: Quinault

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Grays Harbor
District: Quinault Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
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.
Administrative Organization: Partly Within Olympic National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Henry Egge Et Al., Hoquiam, Wash.
Years: 1941 -

Owner Name: Leased To Consolidated Coal Exporters, Inc., Seattle, Wash.
Years: 1952 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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

Model Name: Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula

Orebody

Form: LENS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Basalt Is Spilitized

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 SAMPLES GAVE 24.51, 27.58% MN, 17.58, 24.95% FE, 44.14, 23.81% SIO2

Materials

Ore: Bementite

Comments

Comment (Location): PARTLY UNSURVEYED. CLAIMS COVER ABOUT A 3 SQUARE MILE AREA ON QUINAULT RIDGE AT THE HEADWATERS OF COOK, SKUNK, AND STEVENS CREEKS. PROPERTY INCLUDES 17 CLAIMS

Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION IN 1941 AND 1952

References

Reference (Production): 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. 100.

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. 258.

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