The Norway-Sweden Group is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,399 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: 3,399 Feet (1,036 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.29694, -122.11111
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Norway-Sweden Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Norway-Sweden Group
Secondary: Mines: Norway, Sweden
Secondary: Claims: Viola First, Viola Second, Norway Northwest Discovery,
Secondary: America Nos. 1-4, Wilson, George, Wayne, Norway, Alderman Peak,
Secondary: Denmark Discoery, Maimie, Baby Barnes, Sweden Nos. 1 and 2, Marchand,
Secondary: Inez, Linnie, Ada, Mabel, Prince, Cena, Lakeside, Earl, Hillside,
Secondary: Falls, Spirit Lake
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: St. Helens District - Spirit Lake Area
Land Status
Land ownership: National Monument
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: In Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument In Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: New Cinch Uranium Ltd.
Years: 1976 -
Owner Name: Mount St. Helens Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1905 - 1943
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1900
Year Last Production: 1928
Discovery Year: 1896
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Northern Cascade Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Form: VEINS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SEE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FOR NORWAY AND SWEEDEN FOR ANALYTICAL DATA. UNPUB. REPORTS OF MOUNT ST. HELENS CONSOLIDATED MINING CO. GIVE NUMEROUS ANALYTICAL DATA FOR VARIOUS ORE SHOOTS (AVAIABLE FROM R.P. ASHLEY, USGS, IN 1992)
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Talc
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): 1942 MEMO INDICATES INSUFFICIENT ORE TO SUPPORT A PRODUCING MINE
Comment (Location): BELOW LAKE LEVEL SUBSEQUENT TO 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS. ALONG COE CREEK SOUTH OF NORWAY PASS ALONG FORMER EAST SHORE OF SPIRIT LAKE
Comment (Production): SEE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS FOR PRODUCTION ESTIMATES
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION AND MINE WORKING MAPS ON SWEDEN AND NORWAY CLAIMS AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977). SEE ALSO RECORDS FOR NORWAY AND SWEDEN MINES AND YOUNG AMERICA GROUP. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO MRDS RECORDS M700192, M700185
Comment (Deposit): FRACTURE ZONE, SEVERAL INCHES TO 6 FT THICK, IN FINE GRAINED HORNBLENDE GRANODIORITE CONSISTS OF GOUGE, TALC, BRECCIATED WALL FRAGMENTS AND QUARTZ. THE ORE IS ERRATICALLY DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE VEIN
Comment (Workings): ADITS, OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGLA MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 19, 33-38.
Reference (Deposit): DERKEY, R.E., JOSEPH, N.L., AND LASMANIS, RAYMOND, 1990, METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON - PRELIMINARY REPORT: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES OPEN-FILE REPORT 90-18, P. 340.
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 78.
Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY, THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 132-133.
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