Lynx Cat Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
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. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103870
MRDS ID M060126
Record type Site
Current site name Lynx Cat Mine
Alternate or previous names Eagle Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.00583, 48.31624 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Relative position 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF CHEWELAH, 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 33N 041E 33 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Analytical data

Result SHIPMENTS AVERAGED 98.3% BASO4 WITH SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 4.25

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Mchale Slate-Argillite, Phyllite
    Rock description Mchale Slate-Argillite, Phyllite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.00583, 48.31624

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description N-Trending Overturned Fold

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR AND TABULAR
    Strike N10 DEG.E.
    Dip 40 DEG. SE.
    Length 274.32M
    Width 9.14M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1958

Mining district

District name Chewelah Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Don Lewis
  • Type Owner
    Owner G. Lavigne, W.B. Moorhouse, A. Ole.

Production statistics

  • Year 1961
    Period 1958-1961
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^98.3 % Baso4
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    BaSO4 Ore Barium-Barite Barium 98wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 45.72M
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 18.29M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S. 1964, BARITE IN WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 512 P. 66-70

  • Deposit

    CLARK, L.D., AND MILLER F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP GM-5

  • Deposit

    1958 DIREXPL W. R. GREEN - PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    1960 DIREXPL DON LEWIS - PRODUCTION

  • Production

    MOEN, W.S., 1964, BARITE IN WASHINGTON

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOEN, W.S. 1964, BARITE IN WASHINGTON

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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