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Germania

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277595
MRDS ID M700170
MAS/MILS ID 0530590084
Record type Site
Current site name Germania

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -122.08449, 46.35591 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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 010 N 006 E 08, 17 SW, NE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: SITE IS WITHIN THE BLOWDOWN ZONE OF THE MAY 18, 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS.
  • NEAR EDGE OF BLAST ZONE FROM 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS. ADJOINING POLAR STAR PROPERTY ON THE EAST AND EXTENDING TO NEAR TOP OF GOAT MOUNTAIN. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 11 PATENTED CLAIMS.
  • LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 78
USGS model code 20c
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu-Au
Mark3 model number 34

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -122.08449, 46.35591
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form Disseminated
    Length 1830M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Mount St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category National Monument

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Duval Corp.
    First year 1977

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 590M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS ON GERMANIA NO. 2 LODE, ONE ADIT WAS DRIVEN 590 FT IN EARLY DAYS TO REACH THE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF MINERALIZED ZONE, BUT IT WAS APPARENTLY NEVER INTERSECTED.

Comments on development

  • EXCEPT FOR CORE DRILLING BY DUVAL CORP. FORM 1970 TO 1976, NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT THE PROPERTY SINCE 1905. PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION.

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. 154.

  • Deposit

    Moen, W.S., 1977, St Helens and Washougal Mining Districts of the southern Cascades of Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources INFO. CIRC. 60, P. 17, 25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BELT OF PYRITIZED GRANODIORITE, WHICH CAN BE TRACED FOR 6000 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines
Reporter 01-JUL-81 Caress, Mary E. (Evarts, Russ) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-92 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 20-MAY-09 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey

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