Norway-Sweden Group

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc, Lead
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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10047855
MRDS ID M700184
Record type Site
Current site name Norway-Sweden Group
Alternate or previous names Mines: Norway, Sweden, Claims: Viola First, Viola Second, Norway Northwest Discovery,, America Nos. 1-4, Wilson, George, Wayne, Norway, Alderman Peak,, Denmark Discoery, Maimie, Baby Barnes, Sweden Nos. 1 and 2, Marchand,, Inez, Linnie, Ada, Mabel, Prince, Cena, Lakeside, Earl, Hillside,, Falls, Spirit Lake
Related records 10047861, 10056095, 10204576

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.1123, 46.29675 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036
Relative position SUBMERGED NEAR NORTH SHORELINE OF SPIRIT LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spirit Lake East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Saint Helens and Vicinity(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Cowlitz(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gifford Pinchot 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 Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009N}010N 005E}006E 01}31 NE4 (01); SW4 (31) Washington

Comments on the location information

  • BELOW LAKE LEVEL SUBSEQUENT TO 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS. ALONG COE CREEK SOUTH OF NORWAY PASS ALONG FORMER EAST SHORE OF SPIRIT LAKE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary
Lead Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result SEE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FOR NORWAY AND SWEEDEN FOR ANALYTICAL DATA. UNPUB. REPORTS OF MOUNT ST. HELENS CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. GIVE NUMEROUS ANALYTICAL DATA FOR VARIOUS ORE SHOOTS (AVAIABLE FROM R.P. ASHLEY, USGS, IN 1992)

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Spirit Lake Pluton
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.1123, 46.29675

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINS
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896
Year of first production 1900
Year of last production 1928

Mining district

District name St. Helens District - Spirit Lake Area

Land status

Ownership category National Monument
Area name In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Cinch Uranium Ltd.
    First year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mount St. Helens Consolidated Mining Co.
    First year 1905
    Last year 1943

Comments on the production information

  • SEE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FOR PRODUCTION ESTIMATES

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • 1942 MEMO INDICATES INSUFFICIENT ORE TO SUPPORT A PRODUCING MINE

Comments on the workings information

  • ADITS, OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 78.

  • Deposit

    LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 132-133.

  • Deposit

    MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGLA MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 19, 33-38.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 340.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FRACTURE ZONE, SEVERAL INCHES TO 6 FT THICK, IN FINE GRAINED HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE CONSISTS OF GOUGE, TALC, BRECCIATED WALL FRAGMENTS AND QUARTZ. THE ORE IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE VEIN
Deposit LOCATION AND MINE WORKING MAPS ON SWEDEN AND NORWAY CLAIMS AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977). SEE ALSO RECORDS FOR NORWAY AND SWEDEN MINES AND YOUNG AMERICA GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M700192, M700185

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1981 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1992 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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