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Norway Mine

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. 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. Production statistics
  17. Reserves and resources
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10104142
MRDS ID M700185
Record type Site
Current site name Norway Mine
Alternate or previous names Norway-Sweden Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.11119, 46.30314 (WGS84)
Elevation 1112
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.4 MI NORTH OF THE NORTH END OF SPIRIT LAKE, Estimated Within Quarter Section Near Center West Edge Of Section

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 010N 006E 31 SW4 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MOEN INDICATES LOCATION AS NW/4 SEC. 31, BUT CLAIM MAP SHOWS ADIT IN SW/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 8 SELECT SAMPLES (1910): 0.16-17.85% CU, TR-0.42 OZ/TON AU, 1.0-19.18 OZ/TON AG OVER 4 FT WIDTH. 150-POUND SAMPLE (1900): 9.2% CU, 1.1 OZ/TON AU, 1.4 OZ/TON AG. 166 FT OF VEIN IN ADIT: 10.4% CU, 0.84 OZ/TON AU, 1.6 OZ/TON AG OVER AVERAGE 4 FT WIDTH. FACE OF ADIT: 12.86% CU, 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 1.2 OZ/TON AG. 5 USBM SAMPLES NEAR MOUTH OF ADIT (1943): 1.07-3.73% CU (AVERAGE 2.44% CU).

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, Main Phase;Spirit Lake Pluton, Quartz Diorite Phase
    Rock description Spirit Lake Pluton, Main Phase;Spirit Lake Pluton, Quartz Diorite Phase

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.11119, 46.30314
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N
    Dip 70-80W
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1896

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 Mount St. Helens Consolidated Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mount St. Helens Consolidated Mining Co.
    First year 1907
    Last year 1942

Production statistics

  • Year 1900
    Material ORE CU
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^9.2% Cu, 1.1 Oz/Ton Au, 1.4 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Silver Silver 44g/mt
    Gold Gold 35g/mt
    Ore Copper Copper 9wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • TEST SHIPMENT SENT OT TACOMA SMELTER

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1910
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 10 wt-pct Copper Major 1910
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.44 wt-pct Copper Major 1943

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT

Comments on development

  • PART OF 29 CLAIMS PATENTED BY DR. H.W. COE IN 1905. BY 1900, THE NORWAY ADIT HAD BEEN DRIVEN. WHEN PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY MT ST. HELENS CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., WORK WAS HALTED ON THE NORWAY AND COMMENCED ON THE SWEDEN. THIS WAS THE FIRST PROPERTY WORKED IN THE SPIRIT LAKE AREA

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORWAY VEIN IS UPPER PART OF SWEDEN VEIN. IT IS 10 IN.-4 FT THICK AND CONSISTS OF GOUGE, TALC, BRECCIATED GRANODIORITE, AND QUARTZ. PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE MAY COMPRISE AS MUCH AS 25% OF VEIN MATERIAL BUT HAS ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION.
Deposit ONE OF 29 PATENTED CLAIMS. LOCATION MAP AND MAP OF MINE WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN MOEN. (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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