Madsen Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023467
MRDS ID I000452
Record type Site
Current site name Madsen Mine
Related records 10042403

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.99472, 48.41902 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Arden(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE BARITE IS WHITE IN COLOR.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Old Dominion Formation
    Rock description Old Dominion Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.99472, 48.41902

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Chewetah

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BARITE IS DESCRIBED AS A VEIN AND IS CUT OFF BY A FAULT. THE FRACTURES CONTAIN IRON OXIDE AND COPPER MINERALS AS STAINS. SPHALERITE OCCURS AS IRREGULAR BLEBS IN THE BARITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.