| Deposit ID | 10042355 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M060112 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Germania Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.10054, 48.00818 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1067 |
| Relative position | 17 MILES WSW OF SPRINGDALE WASHINGTON |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 029N | 037E | 13 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Tungsten Critical | Primary |
| Molybdenum | Secondary |
| Bismuth Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Wolframite | Ore |
| Fluorite | Gangue |
| Muscovite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite |
| (1) | -118.10054, 48.00818 |
|---|
| 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. |
| 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 |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1894 |
| Discoverer | John Horn |
| Year of first production | 1904 |
| District name | Deer Trail District |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Penticton Tungsten Mines, Ltd. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Tungsten Uranium Mines, Inc. |
| Year | 1955 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1904 - 1955 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Accurate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^0.4 % Wo3 | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Type of workings | Unknown |
|---|---|
| Length | 1524M |
| Overall depth | 164.59M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M060112 |
CULVER, H.E. AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOLOGY BULL. 34, P. 77-79
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 348
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
1906 DIREXPL GERMANIA MINING COMPANY
1931 DIREXPL TUNGSTEN PRODUCERS MINED AND MILLED
1936 DIREXPL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. MINED AND MILLED
1940 GEOLMAP PAGE, L.R., UNPUBLISHED REPORT
HUNTTING, M.T. 1956 - P. 348
| 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. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUL-1973 | Puffett, Willard P. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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