Germania Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Production statistics
  17. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042355
MRDS ID M060112
Record type Site
Current site name Germania Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10054, 48.00818 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position 17 MILES WSW OF SPRINGDALE WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 037E 13 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • SOUTH END OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAINS NEAR HEADWATERS OF SAND CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WOLFRAMITE OCCURS IN CRYSTALS AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES LONG. MASSES WEIGHING 100 POUNDS OCCUR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Host Rock Greisinized Near Vein.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10054, 48.00818

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Two Sets Of Faults. One Strikes N.0-30 Deg W. The Other N. 70 Deg. W. - N 70 Deg. E. Dip Steep. Offset Few Feet.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N. 25 E.
    Dip 75 SE
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 944.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 164.59M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALL GRANITES SIMILAR IN MINERALOGY CONTAINING QUARTZ, OLIGOCLASE, ORTHOCLASE AND BIOTITE WITH SOME MICROCLINE, PERTHITE , MUSCOVITE, ZIRCON, APATITE, AND PYRITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1894
Discoverer John Horn
Year of first production 1904

Mining district

District name Deer Trail District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Penticton Tungsten Mines, Ltd.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Tungsten Uranium Mines, Inc.

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Period 1904 - 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^0.4 % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 0wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 58,202 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 0.4% WO3; 32,848 TONS OF TAILINGS AVERAGED 0.13% WO3. ONE SAMPLE OF MINE QUARTZ ASSAYED 0.02 OZ. GOLD AND 1 OZ. SILVER PER TON.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 1524M
    Overall depth 164.59M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR LEVELS ABOVE MAIN ADIT AND TWO LEVELS BELOW. MAIN ADIT CAVED IN 1972.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E. AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOLOGY BULL. 34, P. 77-79

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 348

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, A.B. AND RAUP, O.B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-276

  • Deposit

    1906 DIREXPL GERMANIA MINING COMPANY

  • Deposit

    1931 DIREXPL TUNGSTEN PRODUCERS MINED AND MILLED

  • Deposit

    1936 DIREXPL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. MINED AND MILLED

  • Deposit

    1940 GEOLMAP PAGE, L.R., UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Production

    HUNTTING, M.T. 1956 - P. 348

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE DEPOSITS CONSIST OF PODS OF WOLFRAMITE IN NARROW QUARTZ VEINS. SCHEELITE IS IN ROCK BOUNDING VEINS. GREISEN ZONES MIGHT BE AS THICK AS THE QUARTZ VEINS. VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 29 INCHES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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External references