The Helen Mine is a manganese mine located in Clallam county, Washington at an elevation of 1,936 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 1,936 Feet (590 Meters)
Commodity: Manganese
Lat, Long: 48.08333, -123.99750
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Helen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Helen Mine
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
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Mel Lewis And K. E. Hopper, Seatle, Wash.
Years: 1953 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: LENSES
Structure
Type: L
Description: North Wall Of Limestone Is In Fault Contact With Basalt
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS: 26.38-40.74% MN, 6.62-19.47% FE, 9.07-32.40% SIO2
Materials
Ore: Bementite
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT 0.8 MI NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 101.
Comment (Production): 10 TON SHIPMENT IN 1952 (NO DATA). SOME PRODUCTION IN 1954.
Comment (Deposit): 2 BEMENTITE ORE BODIES: 30 FT LONG, 6 FT WIDE; 23 FT LONG, 6 FT WIDE. MINERALIZED ROCK NEAR CONTACT OF BASALT AND LIMONITE. RED ARGILLAREOUS LIMESTONE SURROUNDED BY BASALT. WITHIN THE LIMESTONE ARE BOULDER LIKE MASSES OF BROWN TO BLACK MANGANIFEROUS MINERALS ASSOCIATED WITH NODULES OF FERRUGINOUS QUARTZ.
Comment (Workings): 3 TRENCHES
References
Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OPYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 35.
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. 255.
Reference (Deposit): PURDY, C.P., JR., 1954, DIRECTORY OF WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1954: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY INFORMATION CIRCULAR 23, P. 33.
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