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Germania Mine

Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Sulfur-Pyrite, Molybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107665
MRDS ID D001422
Record type Site
Current site name Germania Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.1011, 48.01652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Relative position ABOUT 40 MILES AIRLINE NORTHWEST FROM SPOKANE, AT SOUTH END OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAINS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adams Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029N 037E 13 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chlorite Ore
Fluorite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Tourmaline Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.1011, 48.01652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 17 DEG E
    Dip 75 DEG SE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1894

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Tungsten Mining And Milling Co.
    First year 1947

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PROD. EST. AT $13,000,000 FROM 1880-1949 (ANDERSON, 1949)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 1234.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE VEIN IS OFFSET BY POST-MINERAL FAULTS, WITH DISPLACEMENTS THAT RANGE FROM 7 TO 30 FEET.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, WASH. DEPT. CONSERV. DEVEL., DIV. GEOL., BULL. 34.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., BULL. 37.

  • Production

    LEMMON, D.M., (UNPUBLISHED DATA)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GERMANIA MINE HAS FURNISHED MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL TUNGSTEN PRODUCTION OF WASHINGTON ALTHOUGH TUNGSTEN MINERALS ARE RECORDED FROM AT LEAST 60 LOCALITIES IN THE STATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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