Victor Mine

The Victor Mine is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,276 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Victor Mine
Secondary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Victory Black
Secondary: Bear
Secondary: Victory

Commodity

Primary: Manganese

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: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Victor Oberg, E. R. Gehrke, Jr., And Hugh Govan Estate
Years: 1960 -

Owner Name: New Wellington Mines, Ltd.
Years: 1957 -

Production

Year: 1953
Material type: ORE MN AVG
Description: Ap_Grade: ^49.16% Mn

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1953
Year Last Production: 1953
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
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: LENS

Structure

Type: L
Description: Fractured Pillow Basalt

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Secondary Oxides Present Along Fractures.

Rocks

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Eocene

Name: Basalt
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 2 CHANNEL SAMPLES RAN 2.6, 7.8% MN

Materials

Ore: Bementite
Ore: Hausmannite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): 2 FT OF ORE (SILICEOUS) BETWEEN 2 FLOWS OF BASALTIC BRECCIA. HAS INTRMIXED NODULES OF FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ.

Comment (Location): ON STEEP SOUTHEAST SLOPE OF MOUNT MULLER RIDGE

Comment (Commodity): SECONDARY MN OXIDES PRESENT ON WEATHERED SURFACES

Comment (Workings): CROSSCUT, 41 FT RAISE

References

Reference (Production): HUNTTING (1956), DERKEY AND OTHERS (1990)

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

Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 30.

Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 14.

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. 257.

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