New Blue Grouse

Prospect in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10156952
MRDS ID SP00489
MAS/MILS ID 0530650001
Record type Site
Current site name New Blue Grouse
Alternate or previous names Big Q, New, Butler, Wesley
Related records 10056189

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.50969, 48.10095 (WGS84)
Elevation 1128
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Little Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 N 042 E 16 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Huebnerite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.50969, 48.10095

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 45S
    Thickness 500M
    Length 1000M
    Width 300M
    Area 20HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 SERICITIC
    Strike And Dip N45W:45S
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Total Surface Area (HA) 20
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1907

Mining district

District name Blue Grouse

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights State Lease

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Intl Minerals And Chemicals Corp
    Home office Illinois
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner Wesley Butler
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973
  • Type Owner
    Owner W. H. West
    Home office Washington
    Year 1956

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 0M
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING MAY BACK SLAB
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Length of Inclines (m) 0
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 0
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 25
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Year of Information 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 37,PART II,VOLUME I,P 347;

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF WA MIN OPER, IC NO. 48 1971-1972

  • Deposit

    MINERAL PROPERTY FILE 053 065 0001.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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