St. Regis No. 1

The St. Regis No. 1 is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,811 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: St. Regis No. 1
Secondary: Part of St. Regis

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Tertiary: Mercury

Location

State: Washington
County: Clallam

Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Olympic National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: S. Garrett
Years: 1965 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Olympic Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Volcanogenic Mn, Olympic Peninsula

Orebody

Form: LENSES

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: TWO GRAB SAMPLES ASSAYED 30.2%, 37.1% MN (MAGILL, 1960). 3 CHIP SAMPLES AVERAGED 35.5% MN (MAGILL). ASSAY: 33.2% MN, 7.17% FE, 23.86% SIO2 (HUNTTING, 1956).

Materials

Ore: Bementite
Ore: Cinnabar
Ore: Hausmannite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): BEMENTITE LENSES WITH CINNABAR VEINLETS. THERE ARE TWO MAIN LENSES AND OTHER ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED PODS IN BASALT AND LIMESTONE. MINERALIZATION IS CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH A HIGHLY SILICEOUS, IRON-STAINED ROCK THAT HAS APPARENTLY REPLACED THE BASALT.

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M700441

Comment (Location): PARTIALLY UNSURVEYED. HECKLES NOT LABELED ON TOPO MAP

Comment (Workings): 2 TRENCHES, 2 DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Comment (Development): IN 1954 THE USBM DRILLED TWO HOLES, 45 AND 66 FT LONG, BUT FOUND NO MINERALIZATION AT THE BASALT-LIMESTONE CONTACT

References

Reference (Deposit): GREEN, S.H., 1945, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND MINING, REPORT OF INVESTIGATINS 7, 45 P.

Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 32-34.

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 256..

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. 365.

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