[meteorite-list] Enquiry to BIMS

From: Sterling K. Webb <sterling_k_webb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 17:46:47 -0600
Message-ID: <086501c75c5b$e0b2ebf0$32ea8c46_at_ATARIENGINE>

Hi, Dave,

The Olympic Penisula lies to the NW of Seattle.
It is the ONLY area of the United State with deposits
of manganese, presently undeveloped and still in their
"native" state.

http://www.washington.edu/uwired/outreach/cspn/Website/Resources/Curriculum/Evergreen/Documents/32.html
"Manganese is found in large deposits from Lake Crescent
on the north, around to the eastern side of the [Olympic
Mountain] range, south to Lake Quinault. Several thousand
claims have been filed within this area... Geologists who
have studied this region have stated that the manganese
of the Olympics is sufficient to supply the needs of the
Nation for many generations... Manganese is essential
in all modern alloys and is therefore necessary for all
industries and vital to the Nation in case of war. Aside
from the deposits in the Olympic Peninsula the manganese
deposits in the United States are very limited, and [the
manganese] now used is imported, principally
from Russia."

Darrington, WA is NNE of Seattle (and curiously just
down the road a bit from a town name "Swede Heaven")
and is just 50 miles from the Olympic National Forest.

I advise your friend to quit worrying about manganese
neteorites and stake a mining claim -- pronto! Unless he
was "claim-jumping..." In that case, he might need that
AK-47.


Sterling K. Webb
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Harris" <entropydave at ntlworld.com>
To: "metlist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 12:48 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Enquiry to BIMS


Hi tout le Monde,

I got a call from a chap in County Wexford in Ireland a couple of days ago,
excited about a find he got. Now, he has had some initial analysis done by a
chap called Professor David Green who works at the Manchester museum.
OK - fact - Dave Greene has XRD'd it and confirmed that this item is either
pure Mn or largely Mn - I am not sure which - this rules out it being
extraterrestrial.
I do have some pics - mainly blurry - which shows something rather like a CD
to be honest with you.

It was the location of the find that got this chap interested and as I know
squat about the location in the USA I'd run it by you for some answers.
The finder claims to have recovered this lump (looks about 200-300g in
weight) from the "Cascades, near the Rockies, Washington, about 75 miles NW
of Seattle" - I am quoting him here - I have no idea whether this
geographical relationship is true.
He advised that this is REALLY wild country and he was out there on a
exploratory trip armed with AK47s due to bears. Again - I am just repeating
what I was told.

He has been contacting a friend who lives in "Darrington wa state" again, I
quote from an email.
Prof Green is certain it is NOT meteoritic, no troilite inclusions and
suggested that is it the product of a manganese mine (which was my original
suggesttion). However the finder is CONVINCED that the are this lump was
found is totally off the beaten track.

Do any of you know this area? Are there Mn mines out there?

I just would like to show the finder that I have made every effort to
resolve his mystery lump of metal.

thanks!

dave




Dave
IMCA #0092
Sec.BIMS
www.bimsociety.org
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