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Cannon Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Beryllium, Uranium, Niobium (Columbium)
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042366
MRDS ID M060125
Record type Site
Current site name Cannon Mine
Alternate or previous names Merikay, Railway Dike, Calispell Peak
Related records 10254032

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.52109, 48.40235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Relative position 13 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

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 034N 042E 33 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Torbernite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial drift, undivided
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike DUE N
    Dip 50 DEG. W
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 320.04M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 102.11M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1948
Discoverer Perry Cannon
Year of first production 1952

Mining district

District name Chewelah District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lawrence Hammond
  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Pacific Railway Co.

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^12.7 % Beo
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    BeO Beryllium Beryllium 13wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 6 TONS OF ORE STOCKPILED AT MINE ASSAYED 4.20 AND 6.21 PERCENT BEO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 121.31M
    Overall depth 32M

Comments on the workings information

  • PEGMATITE EXPLORED BY 8 TRENCHES AND 398 FT. OF ADIT AND CROSSCUT. HIGHEST TRENCH IS 240 FT. ABOVE ADIT LEVEL.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SIMILARITY BETWEEN BERYL AND FELDSPAR CRYSTALS CREATE PROBLEMS IN MECHANICAL SEPARATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 356

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL MERKAY MINES - SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WOR

Reporter information

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

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