The Skunk Creek No. 19 is a manganese mine located in Grays Harbor county, Washington.
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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
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Skunk Creek No. 19 MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Skunk Creek No. 19
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: Bementite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Rhodonite
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Spessartite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Limestone
Unknown: Hematite
Unknown: Goethite
Comments
Comment (Location): PROBABLE LOCATION. ABOUT 3.3 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF THE BURNT HILL LOOKOUT. ACCESS TO THE SKUNK CREEK NO. 19 MINE IS BY WAY OF THE QUINAULT RIDGE ROAD NORTHEASTERLY ABOUT 1.75 MILES TO AN UNMARKED ROAD JUNCTION; FROM THE JUNCTION THE EASTERLY BRANCH EXTENDS 1 MILE TO THE WORKINGS.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED 150 TONS THAT AVERAGED 19.5% MN; SHIPPED TO PROVO, UTHA, STEEL MILL IN 1952 (MAGILL, 1952, P. 71). IN 1953, A 45-TON TEST SHIPMENT WAS SENT TO THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IN ALBANY, OREGON (DATA FROM USGS, MRDS, 1990).
Comment (Deposit): 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
References
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18
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): 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): 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.
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