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Germania Consolidated Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Molybdenum, Silver, Copper, Bismuth, Lead
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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. Workings at the site
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10103875
MRDS ID M060168
Record type Site
Current site name Germania Consolidated Mine
Alternate or previous names Keeth, Industrial Tungsten, Norton, Green
Related records 10156362

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11166, 47.99152 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Relative position 17 MILES SW OF SPRINGDALE, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turtle Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 037E 23,26 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3 SUB-PARALLEL VEINS GENERALLY LESS THAN 8 INCHES THICK IN LOWER LEVELS; 6 TO 15 INCHES THICK IN UPPER WORKINGS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bismuthinite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Ferberite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore
Magnetite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Wall Rock Bordering Veins Is Greisenized And Contains Some Sulfides.

Analytical data

Result REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.39% WO3, 0.19% MO, 0.6 OZ/TON AG

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Togo Formation-Quartzite, Slate
    Rock description Togo Formation-Quartzite, Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.11166, 47.99152
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Greisenized

Ore body information

  • General form PODS, LENTICULAR
    Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Thickness 0.38M
    Length 228.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 91.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • N 20 Deg E Quartz-Filled Fractures

Comments on the geologic information

  • PODS OF W MINERALS WITH MINOR MOLYBDENITE SPORADICALLY DISTRIBUTED IN THIN QUARTZ VEINS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Deer Trail District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Germania Consolidated Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • 100,000 DOLLARS IN FERBERITE PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1945; 561 STU OF WO3 PRODUCED 1951-1955 FROM 19,921 LB CONCENTRATES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 762M
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 220-FT SHAFT WITH 150 FT. DRIFTS AND 650 FT ADIT CROSSCUT WITH ABOUT 2,500 FT. DRIFTS AND RAISES WITH CONSIDERABLE STOPES.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE ARE CONTAMINANTS IN CONCENTRATES FROM JIGGING AND TABLING-FLOTATION CELLS MIGHT BE REQUIRED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E, AND BROUGHTON, W.A, 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DEPT. CONSERV. AND DEV. DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 34, P. 78-79

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT, G.E. AND WEIS, P.L., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TURTLE LAKE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: USGS BULL. 1131, P. 70-71, PL. 6

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS; WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL.: BULL. 37 V. 1, P. 348

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C.P. JR. 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. RPT. OF INV. 18, P. 70-72

  • Deposit

    1941 GEOLMAP PAGE, L.R. MINE MAP

  • Deposit

    1943 GEOLMAP HOBBS, S.W. MINE MAP

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP PUFFETT, W.P., MINE MAP

  • Production

    HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, WASH. DIV. MINES GEOL. BULL. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROOF PENDANT OF PRECAMBRIAN QUARTZITE AND SLATE ON RIDGE ABOVE MINE IS PART OF TOGO FORMATION.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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