Mine detail: Skunk Creek No. 19

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 47.37229, -123.87821

Resource(M)

Primary: Manganese
Ore: Bementite, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite
Gangue: Chlorite, Garnet, Limestone, Pyrite, Quartz, Spessartite
Other material: Goethite, Hematite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Argillite
Tectonic:Host Rocks Of Manganese Deposits Of The Olympic Penninsula Formed At An Ocean Ridge Or In A Back Arc Basin At The Active Margin Of The North American Plate (Garrison, 1973; Snavely, 1987, P. 306-309).

References

MRDSSP00128
DEP10055916
Reference{Deposit:: WDGER OFR 90-18}{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.}{Deposit:: MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, 82 P.}{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.}{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.}{Deposit:: SOREM, R.K.; GUNN, D.W., 1967, MINERALOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 1, P. 22-56.}
ReporterBerger, Mary A., Frank, Dave