The Edna Mine is a copper mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,851 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,851 Feet (869 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.19722, -117.88694
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Edna Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Edna Mine
Secondary: King
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Valley District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: C. R. And J. M. Carr
Owner Name: Carr Brothers
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1899
Discovery Year: 1896
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
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: TABULAR
Structure
Type: R
Description: Steeply Dipping, Locally Overturned, West Limb Of A Northward-Plunging Anticline.
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Neoproterozoic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEIN MATERIAL AVERAGES ABOUT 2 PERCENT CU, TRACE AU, 0.1OZ. AG PER TON.
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Tennantite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Production): 270 TONS OF DUMP MATERIAL WERE CONCENTRATED IN 1954 FROM WHICH THERE WERE 8 TONS OF CONCENTRATES CONTAINING 0.4 OZ. AU AND 2.79 OZ. AG PER TON AND 24.29% CU.
Comment (Development): MINE DEWATERED IN 1956 BUT NO MINING WAS DONE.
Comment (Workings): INCLINED SHAFT, 272 FT LONG, AND 3 LEVELS AT 110 FT, 180 FT AND 260 FEET EXPLORE VEIN. VEIN PERSISTS TO LOWER LEVEL AND APPEARS TO BE THICKENING WITH DEPTH
Comment (Deposit): VEIN IS SILICIFIED ZONE AS MUCH AS 30 FT THICK IN WHICH AREA A PRINCIPAL VEIN 1/2 TO 9 FT THICK WITH MANY NARROW STRINGERS OF QUARTZ. PRINCIPAL VEIN MINERALS ARE QUARTZ WITH SUBORDINATE AMOUNTS OF LIGHT-COLORED CARBONATE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, AND TENNANTITE.
Comment (Geology): IN GENERAL AREA THERE ARE ANOMALOUS AMOUNTS OF BASE METALS IN DOLOMITE ADJACENT TO MAFIC DIKES.
Comment (Location): EAST SLOPE OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 96
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, IAN AND LOOFBOUROW, J.S. JR. 1962, GEOLOGY OF THE MAGNESITE BELT OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1142-F, P. F-47
Reference (Deposit): 1898 DIREXPL AXEL HERMAN - SUNK SHAFT 100 FT.
Reference (Deposit): 1901 DIREXPL J.B. TUTTLE & SON SUNK SHAFT 270 FT AND DRIFTED 750 FT.
Reference (Deposit): 1950 DIREXPL CARR BROTHERS - PUMPED SHAFT.
Reference (Production): WEAVER, C.E. 1920, P. 181
Reference (Deposit): WEAVER, C.E. 1920, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 181-182
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