Railway Dike Merikay Mine

Prospect in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodity Beryllium
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  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 10254032
MRDS ID M060125
MAS/MILS ID 0530650572
Record type Site
Current site name Railway Dike Merikay Mine
Alternate or previous names Cannon Claims, Merikay Mine, Calispell Peak
Related records 10042366

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -117.52079, 48.40235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1243
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Calispell Peak(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

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 N 042 E 33 SWNW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Beryl Unknown
Columbite Unknown
Euxenite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Niccolite Unknown
Orthoclase Unknown
Phenacite Unknown
Powellite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown
Tantalite Unknown
Uraninite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) Glacial drift, undivided

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N07W
    Dip 55W
    Thickness 102M
    Length 314M
    Width 10M
    Area 97HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N07W:55W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 97
    Date of Last Modification 830706

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE PRECAMBRIAN ROOF PENDANTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Chewelah Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Meridian Land And Minerals, Bellvue, Wa
    Interest 100
    Home office Washington
    Year 1983

Comments on the production information

  • DISCOVERY PRIOR TO 1952. DATES OF INITIAL AND LAST PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. FIGURE GIVEN IN HPROD ID TOTAL BERYL PRODUCTION.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 5.5HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Percent Waste Rock 80.8
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore M-HARD ROCKS
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 140
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 27.94
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 260
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FENNER, W.L., REPORT OF EXPLORATION AND MINING AT MERIKAY

  • Deposit

    MINE, UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORT, 1952.

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  • Deposit

    GRANT, W.H., GEOLOGICAL REPORT, MERIKAY MINE, UNPUBLISHED

  • Deposit

    COMPANY REPORT, 1952.

  • Deposit

    MAGILL, E.A., D.M.E.A. FIELD TEAM REGION II FINAL REPORT,

  • Deposit

    MERIKAY MINE, 1954.

  • Deposit

    MILLER, F.K., AND L.D. CLARK, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH-LOON

  • Deposit

    LAKE AREA, STEVENS AND SPOKANE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON,

  • Deposit

    U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 806, 1975.

  • Deposit

    PATTEE, E.C., R.M. VAN NOY, AND R.D. WELDIN, U.S.B.M.

  • Deposit

    REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 7149, 1968.

  • Deposit

    RANEY, R.G., MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, BERYLLIUM,

  • Deposit

    RAILWAY DIKE (MERIKAY MINE), STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON,

  • Deposit

    JUNE, 1983, UNPUBLISHED CONFIDENTIAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL COMMODITIES SUMMARIES, 1983.

  • Deposit

    USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NUMBER 0530650572.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-94 Raney/Rg U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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