June

The June is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,220 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: June
Secondary: Lowboy Claim

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/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Winters, Byron
Home Office: Port Angeles, Wa.
Years: 1960 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: 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: LENS (MN), VEINLETS (HG)

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Exposed Surfaces Coated With Mn Oxides.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ASSAYS OF 3 CHANNEL SAMPLES (MAGILL): 1.63% MN, 24% MN, 17 %MN.
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: 14.98-18.18% MN, 19.34-23.61% FE, 26.78-30.99% SIO2

Materials

Ore: Bementite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): MN OXIDE COATINGS PRESENT ON EXPOSED SURFACES

Comment (Geology): VESICLES IN BASALT ARE FILLED WITH CALCITE AND MN OXIDES

Comment (Location): DEPOSIT IS 300 FT NORTH OF THE ROAD (FROM HECKLES TO THE POLARIS CLAIM) WHERE THE ROAD CROSSES A SMALL STREAM.

Comment (Deposit): DEPOOSIT CONSISTS OF A NARROW MANGANIFEROUS LENS CONTAINING CINNABAR VEINLETS

Comment (Workings): 2 PITS, SHAFT

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, P. 255.

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. 364.

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): MCGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 29.

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