Burnt Peak

The Burnt Peak is a manganese mine located in Grays Harbor county, Washington at an elevation of 801 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Burnt Peak
Secondary: Burnt Mountain
Secondary: Burnt Hill;

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

Location

State: Washington
County: Grays Harbor

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: Argillite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Hausmannite
Ore: Bementite
Gangue: Jasper

Comments

Comment (Deposit): ALTERED BASALT IS THE PRINCIPAL COUNTRY ROCK FOR THE BURNT HILL DEPOSIT. SUPERFICIAL WEATHERING GIVES THE BASALT A YELLOWISH TO LIGHT-BROWN COLOR; HOWEVER, MEGASCOPIC EXAMINATION OF A NEWLY FRACTURED SURFACE REVEALS FINE-GRAINED, GREENISH-GRAY MATERIAL (DATA FROM USGS, MRDS, 1990). THE CRESCENT FORMATION, WHICH HOSTS MANGANESE MINERALIZATION ON THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, CONSISTS OF PALEOCENE? AND EOCENE PILLOW BASALTS COMPOSITIONALLY SIMILAR TO OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS. ASSOCIATED PELAGIC LIMESTONES WERE DEPOSITED IN DEEP WATER (SNAVELY, 1987, P. 306-308). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED APPROXIMATELY 80 TONS OF ORE (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 258).

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATELY 0.25 MILES WEST OF THE BURNT HILL LOOKOUT STATION. THE PROPERTY IS REACHED FROM AMANDA PARK ON QUINAULT LAKE BY FOLLOWING US HIGHWAY 101 SOUTH 10 MILES TO THE BURNT HILL ROAD, THENCE EAST 1.2 MILES TO ITS JUNCTION WITH THE NEWBURY CREEK ROAD, THENCE BY THE RIGHT BRANCH 0.7 MILE UPHILL TO THE MINE ROAD, THEN 0.5 MILE ALONG THE MINE ROAD.

References

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): 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.

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): 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): WDGER OFR 90-18

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