The Helen is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,906 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 1,906 Feet (581 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.09306, -123.99889
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Helen MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helen
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Washington
County: Clallam
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Pacific Border Province
Physiographic Section: Olympic Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 8.2 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF FAIRHOLM, ABOUT 0.8 MILES NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 101
Comment (Geology): RED AGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE LENSES OCCUR ENCLOSED IN BASALT OF THE CRESCENT FORMATION. WITHIN THE LIMESTONE LENSES, BOULDER-LIKE MASSES OF BROWN TO BLACK MANGANIFEROUS MINERALS ARE FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH NODULES OF FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ. TWO BEMENTITE ORE BODIES ARE 30FT X 6FT AND 23FT X 6FT (DATA FROM U.S.G.S. MRDS, 1990). THE CRESCENT FORMATION, WHICH HOSTS MANGANESE MINERALIZATION ON THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, CONSISTS OF PALEOCENE? AND EOCENE PILLOW BASALTS COMPOSITIONALLY SIMILAR TO THAT OF OCEAN RIDGE BASALTS. THE BASALTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH PELAGIC LIMESTONES, INDICATING DEPOSITION IN DEEP WATER (SNAVELY, 1987, P. 306-308).
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: PRODUCED A TEN TON SHIPMENT IN 1952 AND SOME PRODUCTION IN 1954 (DATA FROM U.S.G.S. MRDS, 1990)
Comment (Location): THIS IS A DISTRICT RECORD
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SEE INDIVIDUAL MINES OF THE REPULIC DISTRICT
Comment (Deposit): HOST ROCKS FOR GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE REPUBLIC DISTRICT ARE DACITE AND ANDESITE FLOWS, FLOW BRECCIAS, TUFFS AND TUFF BRECCIAS OF THE EOCENE SANPOIL VOLCANICS (MUESSIG, 1967, P. 50-51; TSCHAUDER, 1989, P. 242). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, 82 P.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1954, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1954: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 23, 73 P.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): SOREM, R.K.; GUNN, D.W., 1967, MINERALOGY OF MANGANESE DEPOSITS, OLYMPIC PENNINSULA, WASHINGTON: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 62, NO. 1, P. 22-56.
Reference (Deposit): WDGER OFR 90-18.
Reference (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.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS-PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, 428 P.; V. 2, 67 P.
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