Mine detail: State Lease

Previously called 'Beaver CreekBeaver FallsOlympic Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.09728, -124.24436

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Mercury
Ore: Bementite, Cinnabar, Hausmannite, Mercury, Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1942
Last production ended: 1955

Geology

Host rock:Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Crescent Formation;Crescent Formation
Associated type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Tectonic:Accreted Terrane

References

MRDSM054880
DEP10040191
Reference{Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN WASHINGTON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 364.}{Deposit:: MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 9-13.}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 257.}{Deposit:: GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 7, 45 P.}{Production:: MAGILL (1960)}
ReporterPeterson, Jocelyn A., Lawson, William A. (Evarts, Russell C.)