The Madsen Mine is a barium-barite mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,549 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,549 Feet (777 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 48.41917, -117.99361
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Madsen Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Madsen Mine
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Chewelah Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: W. A. Madsen (Mineral Rights)
Owner Name: Darex, Inc.
Home Office: Lynnwood, Wa.
Production
Year: 1961
Time Period: 1951-1961
Material type: ORE BA
Description: Cp_Grade: ^97 % Baso4
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1951
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 - Huckleberry Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault-Trend N 55 Deg W-Cuts Off Barite Bed
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 88.55% BASO4, 8.27% SIO2, 0.19% FE
Materials
Ore: Barite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: TRANSPORTED 20 MILES BY TRUCK TO PLANT AT CHEWELAH, WASHINGTON
Comment (Geology): WHITE MASSIVE FINE-GRAINED BARITE 3-8 FT THICK PARALLELS-BEDDING IN DOLOMITE
References
Reference (Production): MOEN, W.S. 1964 WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 51
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1964, BARITE IN WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 51 P. 70-73
Reference (Reserve-Resource): MOEN, W.S., 1964, BARITE IN WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 51, P. 73
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