Burnt Peak Mine

The Burnt Peak Mine is a manganese mine located in Grays Harbor county, Washington at an elevation of 869 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Burnt Peak Mine
Secondary: Burnt Mountain
Secondary: Burnt Hill Mine

Commodity

Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Washington
County: Grays Harbor
District: Quinault Area

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Type: Surface/Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: N. H. Godat, Tumwater, Wa. (Unk)

Owner Name: Leased By David Pryde And Henry Egge From Polson Lumber Co.
Years: 1944 -

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: PODS

Structure

Type: R
Description: Reg.Trends: Wash. Dmg Bull 37, P. 258

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 36% MN, 18% FE, 5.5% SIO2. 3 REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLES AVERAGED 11.2% MN
Analytical Data: ASSAY: 48% MN, 9.32% FE, 0.79% ALZO3, 2.12% SIO2

Materials

Ore: Bementite
Ore: Hausmannite
Gangue: Jasper

Comments

Comment (Geology): ALTERED BASALT IS MAIN COUNTRY ROCK. WEATHERED BASALT IS YELLOWISH TO LIGHT-BROWN; NEWLY FRACTURED SURFACES ARE FINE GRAINED AND GREENISH-GRAY. CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT IS RED LIMESTONE THAT USUALLY ACCOMPANIES MN. IN DIRECT ASSOCIATION WITH THE MN MINERALIZATION IS A HIGHLY SILICEOUS, FERRUGINOUS "CAP ROCK". A FRESHLY FRACTURED SURFACE SHOWS SMALL VEINLETS OF CLEAR TO MILKY CRYSTALLINE QUARTZ.

Comment (Location): CLAIMS COVER 640 ACRES. THUS, ALTERNATIVE LOCATION GIVEN AS SW/4 NE/4 SE/4 NW/4 SEC. 7 IS PROBABLY ALSO WITHIN MINERALIZED AREA. DEPOSIT IS JUST SOUTH OF OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY

Comment (Production): 58

Comment (Deposit): DISCONTINUOUS PODS OF MN ORE. ABOUT 425 FT SOUTH OF MAIN EXPOSURES ARE ADDITIONAL MINERALIZED ZONES IN TWO SMALL PITS AND A SHORT ADIT. SPARSE MN MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN THE SOUTHERNMOST PIT IN THE SILICEOUS CAP ROCK; THE OTHER PIT CONTAINS ONLY LOOSE FRAGMENTS OF THE SAME MATERIAL.

Comment (Workings): ADIT, 3 OPEN CUTS, TRENCHES

References

Reference (Production): HUNTTING, 1956

Reference (Analytical Data): SRC.REF: 6% 18% FE

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. 99.

Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., 1960, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA, WASH.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5530, P. 68-69, 77.

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. 257-258.

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