St. Regis No. 2 Claim

The St. Regis No. 2 Claim is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,640 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: St. Regis No. 2 Claim

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.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: P. C. Garrett, Port Angeles, Wa.

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
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: PODS

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

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

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

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAY OF 3 CHIP SAMPLES: WEIGHTED ASSAY OF 35.5% MN

Materials

Ore: Hausmannite
Ore: Bementite

Comments

Comment (Location): 1000 FT EAST OF ST. REGIS NO. 1 (RECORD NO. M054875)

Comment (Commodity): NO CINNABAR FOUND AT THIS SITE.

Comment (Deposit): TRENCHING BY USBM (1954) EXPOSED A MANGAINIFEROUS BODY LOCALIZED ALONG AN ALTERED BASALT-RED LIMESTONE CONTACT. MANGANESE MINERALIZATION IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME AS AT ST. REGIS NO. 1 PLUS HAUSMANNITE. TO DETERMINE THE DOWNWARD EXTENT OF THE SURFACE EXPOSURE USBM DIAMOND DRILLED TWO BOREHOLES. THE FIRST HOLE WAS COLLARED IN THE SOUTHSIDE OF THE TRENCH ABOUT 25 FT NW OF THE OUTCROP. THE WAS DIRECTED SO AS TO INTERSECT HORIZONTAL EXTENSIONS OF THE ORE BODY 32 FT FROM THE OUTCORP. A RED LIMESTONE-BASALT CONTACT WAS INTERSECTED AND NO MANGANESE MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND IN THE 45 FT HOLE. THE SECOND HOLE WAS COLLAARED IN THE FLOOR OF THE TRENCH A T THE BASE OF THE HIGH-WALL ABOUT 31 FT SE OF THE OUTCORP. THE PROPOSED POINT OF INTERSECTON WITH VERTICAL EXTENSIONS OF THE ORE BODY WAS AT A DEPTH OF 40 FT. A RED LIMESTONE-BASALT CONTACT WAS OBSERVED IN THE CORE. NO MANGANESE MINERALIZATION WAS FOUND IN THE 66 FT HOE.

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 32-34, 76

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