Crescent

The Crescent is a zinc, phosphorus-phosphates, manganese, iron, mercury, sulfur, and copper mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,250 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: Crescent  

State:  Washington

County:  Clallam

Elevation: 1,250 Feet (381 Meters)

Commodity: Zinc, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Manganese, Iron, Mercury, Sulfur, Copper

Lat, Long: 48.07722, -123.94250

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Crescent MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Crescent


Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Phosphorus-Phosphates
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Iron
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Sulfur
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Washington
County: Clallam


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


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

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Braunite
Ore: Hausmannite
Ore: Bementite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Hematite


Comments

Comment (Location): ABOUT 1.25 MIILES WEST OF LAKE CRESCENT. THE RAILROAD CROSSES THE PROPERTY. ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY, ABOUT 0.5 MILES NORTH OF US HIGHWAY 101, IS BY WAY OF ROAD BEGINNING AT THE HIGHWAY 1 MILE EAST OF FAIRHOLM.

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED MORE THAN 50,000 TONS BETWEEN 1923 AND 1954 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 254)

Comment (Geology): THE CRESCENT FORMATION, WHIC HOSTS MANGANESE MINERALIZATION ON THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, CONSISTS OF PALEOCENE? AND EOCENE PILLOW BASALTS COMPOSITIONALLY SIMILAR TO OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS. ASSOCIATED LIMESTONES WERE DEPOSITED IN DEEP WATER (SANVELY, 1987, P. 306-308).


References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.

Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, 82 P.

Reference (Deposit): PARDEE, J.T., 1927 MANGANESE-BEARING DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE CRESCENT AND HUMPTULIPS, WASHINGTON. IN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY (SHORT PAPERS AND PRELIMINARY REPORTS), 1927; PART 1-METALS AND NONMETALS EXCEPT FUEL: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 795-A, P. 1-24.

Reference (Deposit): PARK, C.F., JR., 1942, MANGANESE RESOURCES OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON--A PRELIMINARY REPORT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931-R, P. 435-457, 2 PL.

Reference (Deposit): SNAVELY, P.D., JR., 1987, TERTIARY GEOLOGIC FRAMEWORK, NEOTECTONICS, AND PETROLIUM POTENTIAL OF THE OREGON-WASHINGTON CONTINENTAL MARGIN. IN SCHOLL, D.W.; GRANTZ, ARTHUR; VEDDER, J.G., GEOLOGY AND RESOURCES POTENTIAL OF THE CONTINENTAL MARGIN OF WESTERN NORTH AMERICA AND ADJACENT OCEAN BASINS--BEAUFORT SEA TO BAJA CALIFORNIA: CIRCUM-PACIFIC COUNCIL FOR ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES EARTH SCIENCE SERIES , V. 6, P. 305-335.

Reference (Deposit): SOREM, R.K.; GUNN, D.W., 1967, MINERALOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 1, P. 22-56.

Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18.

Reference (Deposit): BROWN, R.D., JR.; GOWER, H.D.; SNAVELY, P.D., JR., 1960, GEOLOGY OF THE PORT ANGELES-LAKE CRESCENT AREA, CLALLAM COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OIL AND GAS INVESTIGATIONS MAP OM-203, 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:62,500.

Reference (Deposit): GARRISON, R.E., 1973, SPACE-TIME RELATIONS OF PELAGIC LIMESTONES AND VOLCANIC ROCKS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA BULLETIN, V. 84, NO. 2, P. 583-594.


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