Scandia Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042401
MRDS ID M060172
Record type Site
Current site name Scandia Mine
Related records 10253691

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.72, 48.87596 (WGS84)
Elevation 792
Relative position 4 1/2 MILES SE FROM NORTHPORT, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(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 039N 040E 23 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Gold Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE IN WINZE ASSAYS 2% TO 22% ZN. SEVERAL SAMPLES SHOW 5.7-39.2% ZN, 3.3-15% PB, 0.6-1.0 OZ/TON AG, TR. AU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Metaline Limestone-Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Slate
    Rock description Metaline Limestone-Dolomite;Ledbetter Slate-Carbonaceous Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.72, 48.87596

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Ne-Trending Overturned Fold
Type of structure Local
Structure description Nw-Trending Breccia Zone In Dolomite Near Contact With Carbonaceous Slate.

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 60 DEG W
    Dip 65 DEG SW
    Length 91.44M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 33.53M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1950
Production years 1950

Mining district

District name Northport District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Grandview Mines
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Nasburg And Family

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 134.11M
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • 270 FT ADIT WITH 80 FT WINZE AND 80 FT DRIFT AT WINZE BOTTOM

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, R.G., 1964, GEOLOGIC MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE DEEP CREEK AREA, STEVENS AND PEND OREILLE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: USGS MISC. GEOL. INV. MAP I-412

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37 VOL. 1, P. 380

  • Deposit

    1955 GEOLMAP YATES-REGIONAL MA

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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