| 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: | -122.1123, 46.29675 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1036 |
| Relative position | SUBMERGED NEAR NORTH SHORELINE OF SPIRIT LAKE |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Skamania |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 009N}010N | 005E}006E | 01}31 | NE4 (01); SW4 (31) | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Silver | Secondary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Lead | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Pyrrhotite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Tourmaline | Gangue |
| 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) |
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| Model code | 85 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 22c |
| Deposit model name | Polymetallic veins |
| Mark3 model number | 46 |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| Rock unit name | Spirit Lake Pluton | ||||
| Rock description | Spirit Lake Pluton | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -122.1123, 46.29675 |
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| General form | VEINS |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 1.83M |
| 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 |
| District name | St. Helens District - Spirit Lake Area |
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| Ownership category | National Monument |
|---|---|
| Area name | In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest |
| 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 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M700184 |
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 78.
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.
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.
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.
| 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 |
| 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 |
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