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Blue Grouse Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Lead, Bismuth
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Ownership information
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042369
MRDS ID M060129
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Grouse Mine
Alternate or previous names Big Q Mine, Tungsten King
Related records 10204890

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.5097, 48.10068 (WGS84)
Elevation 1113
Relative position 3 MILES ESE FROM DEER LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 30N 42E 16 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HUBNERITE IS MAIN ORE MINERAL; OCCURS AS SINGLE CRYSTALS OR IN AGGREGATES SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Muscovite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Granitic Rocks Greisenized In Ore Zone.

Analytical data

Result SMALL AMOUNTS OF VERY RICH ORE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Ruett Formation-Argillite
    Rock description Ruett Formation-Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.5097, 48.10068
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw-Trending Homoclinal Sequence Dipping Sw. Intruded By Quartz Monzonite.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR , POD
    Strike NW
    Dip 70 DEG. SW.
    Width 2.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 45.72M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Argillite And Quartz Monzonite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1909

Mining district

District name Springdale District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Big Q Tungsten Mine Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. West (State Land)

Production statistics

  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^61. % Wo3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Wo3 Ore Tungsten Tungsten 61wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL PRODUCTION CONCENTRATED IN 20-TON MILL ON PROPERTY IN 1952-53 - ABOUT 1/2 TON OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 61% WO3.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 457.2M
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS AND ADITS ON NORTH AND SOUTH SLOPES OF BLUE GROUSE MOUNTAIN.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: CONCENTRATING MILL MADE VERY POOR RECOVERY - TAILS WERE RICH IN WO3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MONZONITE - ARGILLITE CONTACT DIPS 10 DEG. TO 15 DEG. S. VEINS AS THICK AS 2 FT PARALLEL ARGILLITE BEDDING. IRREGULAR CONCENTRATIONS OF ORE IN GREISENIZED GRANITE.

Reporter information

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

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