Addy Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042364
MRDS ID M060123
Record type Site
Current site name Addy Mine
Alternate or previous names Washington Metals
Related records 10228577

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07083, 48.25374 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 15 MILES SW OF ADDY, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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 032N 038E 19 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • QUARTZ VEIN BECOMES PEGMATITIC IN WEST PART OF LOWER ADIT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEINS ARE NARROW BUT LOCALLY CONTAIN MORE THAN 9% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Medium-To Coarse-Grained Porphyritic Granite Stock
    Rock description Medium-To Coarse-Grained Porphyritic Granite Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Mission Argillite
    Rock description Mission Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07083, 48.25374

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N85 DEG. E.
    Dip 70 DEG. N.
    Thickness 0.3M
    Length 182.88M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • East - Trending Fracture Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1916
Year of first production 1916

Mining district

District name Summit Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Addy Development Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. A. Magill

Comments on the production information

  • 10 TONS CONCENTRATES PRODUCED

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 304.8M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS - CONNECTED BY A RAISE. SOME STOPES ABOVE UPPER ADIT. NEITHER ADIT NOW ACCESSIBLE.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CONCENTRATION OF ORE MINERALS EASY BECAUSE OF SIMPLE MINERALOGY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 34, P. 69-70

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS; WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 349-350

  • Deposit

    1916 DIREXPL G. L. STOCKWELL

  • Deposit

    1929 DIREXPL MCGOWAN AND REED

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL ADDY DEVELOPMENT CO.

  • Production

    WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STOCK INTRUDES MISSION ARGILLITE. TUNGSTEN - BEARING VEINS NEAR CENTRAL PART OF STOCK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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