Grandview Mine

Past Producer in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Copper, Cadmium, Silver, Uranium
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042387
MRDS ID M060154
Record type Site
Current site name Grandview Mine
Related records 10277476

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.3586, 48.87764 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 1 MILE NORTH FROM METALINE FALLS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary Dam(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(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 Pend Oreille

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 39N 43E 14,15,22 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Silver Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS FINE GRAINED SPHALERITE AND GALENA WIDELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH SILICIFIED BRECCIATED SOMEWHAT CARBONACEOUS DOLOMITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Marcasite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGES 1.37% PB, 2.97% ZN MATERIAL FROM CARBONACEOUS SEAMS ASSAYED 0.16% U3O8.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Rock unit name Metaline Limestone-Brecciated, Silicified Dolomite
    Rock description Metaline Limestone-Brecciated, Silicified Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.3586, 48.87764

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nne Plunging Anticline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Northerly-Trending Faults

Ore body information

  • General form CRUDELY TABULAR - GENTLY DIPPING
    Thickness 30.48M
    Length 670.56M
    Width 609.6M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 109.73M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Near Crest Of Anticline And 35 To 150 Feet Below Ledbetter Slate-Metaline Limestone Contact.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1924

Mining district

District name Metaline District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Zinc, Lead, And Smelting Co.
    Home office St. Louis, Mo.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Grandview Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • IN LATE 1957 THE GRANDVIEW MILL WAS ENLARGED FROM 600 TONS TO 1600 TONS DAILY CAPACITY. MINE CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1964.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • EXTENSIONS OF ORE ZONE TO EAST PROBABLY CONTAIN A LARGE LOW-GRADE LEAD-ZINC RESOURCE - NOT MINABLE AT PRICES PREVAILING IN 1973.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 34.17HA
    Overall depth 109.73M
    Overall length 670.56M
    Overall width 609.6M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY THOUSAND FT OF WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • PRODUCTION CEASED IN 1964 ; ECON.COM: ORE TREATED IN 750-TON PER DAY FLOTATION MILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS IN UPPER PART OF METALINE LIMESTONE NEAR CREST OF AN ANTICLINE PLUNGING GENTLY NNE. LATERAL LIMITS OF ORE ARE IN THE ADJACENT PEND OREILLE MINE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

External references