Edna Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10088839
MRDS ID M060106
Record type Site
Current site name Edna Mine
Alternate or previous names King
Related records 10301729

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88804, 48.19707 (WGS84)
Elevation 869
Relative position 8 MILES WEST OF VALLEY, WASHINGTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stensgar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031N 039E 09 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • EAST SLOPE OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAINS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Tennantite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGES ABOUT 2 PERCENT CU, TRACE AU, 0.1OZ. AG PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Edna Dolomite
    Rock description Edna Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88804, 48.19707

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Steeply Dipping, Locally Overturned, West Limb Of A Northward-Plunging Anticline.

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 10 DEG.E.
    Dip 65 DEG. NW
    Length 94.49M
    Width 2.74M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 79.25M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Might Be Genetically Related To Mafic Dike.

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN GENERAL AREA THERE ARE ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF BASE METALS IN DOLOMITE ADJACENT TO MAFIC DIKES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Discoverer Axel Herman
Year of first production 1899

Mining district

District name Valley District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carr Brothers
  • Type Owner
    Owner C. R. And J. M. Carr

Comments on the production information

  • 270 TONS OF DUMP MATERIAL WERE CONCENTRATED IN 1954 FROM WHICH THERE WERE 8 TONS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 0.4 OZ. AU AND 2.79 OZ. AG PER TON AND 24.29% CU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 316.99M
    Overall depth 82.91M

Comments on the workings information

  • INCLINED SHAFT, 272 FT LONG, AND 3 LEVELS AT 110 FT, 180 FT AND 260 FEET EXPLORE VEIN. VEIN PERSISTS TO LOWER LEVEL AND APPEARS TO BE THICKENING WITH DEPTH

Comments on development

  • MINE DEWATERED IN 1956 BUT NO MINING WAS DONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 181-182

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 96

  • Deposit

    CAMPBELL, IAN AND LOOFBOUROW, J.S. JR. 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE MAGNESITE BELT OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-F, P. F-47

  • Deposit

    1898 DIREXPL AXEL HERMAN - SUNK SHAFT 100 FT.

  • Deposit

    1901 DIREXPL J.B. TUTTLE & SON SUNK SHAFT 270 FT AND DRIFTED 750 FT.

  • Deposit

    1950 DIREXPL CARR BROTHERS - PUMPED SHAFT.

  • Production

    WEAVER, C.E. 1920, P. 181

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN IS SILICIFIED ZONE AS MUCH AS 30 FT THICK IN WHICH AREA A PRINCIPAL VEIN 1/2 TO 9 FT THICK WITH MANY NARROW STRINGERS OF QUARTZ. PRINCIPAL VEIN MINERALS ARE QUARTZ WITH SUBORDINATE AMOUNTS OF LIGHT-COLORED CARBONATE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND TENNANTITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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