The Blue Grouse Mine is a tungsten mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,652 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,652 Feet (1,113 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 48.10083, -117.50861
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Blue Grouse Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Blue Grouse Mine
Secondary: Big Q Mine
Secondary: Tungsten King
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Springdale District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: W. H. West (State Land)
Owner Name: Big Q Tungsten Mine Inc.
Production
Year: 1953
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^61. % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands - Blue Grouse Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR , POD
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nw-Trending Homoclinal Sequence Dipping Sw. Intruded By Quartz Monzonite.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Granitic Rocks Greisenized In Ore Zone.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SMALL AMOUNTS OF VERY RICH ORE.
Materials
Ore: Huebnerite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Muscovite
Comments
Comment (Production): SMALL PRODUCTION CONCENTRATED IN 20-TON MILL ON PROPERTY IN 1952-53 - ABOUT 1/2 TON OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 61% WO3.
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: CONCENTRATING MILL MADE VERY POOR RECOVERY - TAILS WERE RICH IN WO3.
Comment (Workings): SEVERAL SHAFTS AND ADITS ON NORTH AND SOUTH SLOPES OF BLUE GROUSE MOUNTAIN.
Comment (Deposit): MONZONITE - ARGILLITE CONTACT DIPS 10 DEG. TO 15 DEG. S. VEINS AS THICK AS 2 FT PARALLEL ARGILLITE BEDDING. IRREGULAR CONCENTRATIONS OF ORE IN GREISENIZED GRANITE.
Comment (Commodity): HUBNERITE IS MAIN ORE MINERAL; OCCURS AS SINGLE CRYSTALS OR IN AGGREGATES SEVERAL INCHES ACROSS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 33, V. 1, P. 347-348
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E. AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. GEOLOGY BULL. 34, P. 73-76
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, F.K., 1969, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE LOON LAKE QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND SPOKANE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP GM 6
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E., 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASH. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 219-222
Reference (Deposit): 1909 RECON BANCROFT, HOWLAND BULLETIN REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1910 DIREXPL DEER PARK MINING CO. - PROD.
Reference (Deposit): 1940 DIREXPL BLUE GROUSE TUNGSTEN, INC.
Reference (Deposit): 1952 DIREXPL BIG Q TUNGSTEN - PRODUCTION
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