The Norway Mine is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington at an elevation of 3,648 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 3,648 Feet (1,112 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 46.30333, -122.11000
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Norway Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Norway Mine
Secondary: Norway-Sweden Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
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
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Mount St. Helens Consolidated Mining Co.
Years: 1907 - 1942
Owner Name: Mount St. Helens Consolidated Mining Co.
Production
Year: 1900
Material type: ORE CU
Description: Ap_Grade: ^9.2% Cu, 1.1 Oz/Ton Au, 1.4 Oz/Ton Ag
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
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: VEIN
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 8 SELECT SAMPLES (1910): 0.16-17.85% CU, TR-0.42 OZ/TON AU, 1.0-19.18 OZ/TON AG OVER 4 FT WIDTH. 150-POUND SAMPLE (1900): 9.2% CU, 1.1 OZ/TON AU, 1.4 OZ/TON AG. 166 FT OF VEIN IN ADIT: 10.4% CU, 0.84 OZ/TON AU, 1.6 OZ/TON AG OVER AVERAGE 4 FT WIDTH. FACE OF ADIT: 12.86% CU, 0.03 OZ/TON AU, 1.2 OZ/TON AG. 5 USBM SAMPLES NEAR MOUTH OF ADIT (1943): 1.07-3.73% CU (AVERAGE 2.44% CU).
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): ADIT
Comment (Location): MOEN INDICATES LOCATION AS NW/4 SEC. 31, BUT CLAIM MAP SHOWS ADIT IN SW/4
Comment (Production): TEST SHIPMENT SENT OT TACOMA SMELTER
Comment (Development): PART OF 29 CLAIMS PATENTED BY DR. H.W. COE IN 1905. BY 1900, THE NORWAY ADIT HAD BEEN DRIVEN. WHEN PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY MT ST. HELENS CONSOLIDATED MINING CO., WORK WAS HALTED ON THE NORWAY AND COMMENCED ON THE SWEDEN. THIS WAS THE FIRST PROPERTY WORKED IN THE SPIRIT LAKE AREA
Comment (Deposit): NORWAY VEIN IS UPPER PART OF SWEDEN VEIN. IT IS 10 IN.-4 FT THICK AND CONSISTS OF GOUGE, TALC, BRECCIATED GRANODIORITE, AND QUARTZ. PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE MAY COMPRISE AS MUCH AS 25% OF VEIN MATERIAL BUT HAS ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION.
Comment (Deposit): ONE OF 29 PATENTED CLAIMS. LOCATION MAP AND MAP OF MINE WORKINGS AVAILABLE IN MOEN. (1977) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
References
Reference (Deposit): MOEN, W.S., 1977, ST. HELENS AND WASHOUGAL MINING DISTRICTS OF THE SOUTHERN CASCADES OF WASHINTON: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF GEOLOGY AND EARTH RESOURCES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 60, P. 17, 198 36-38.
Reference (Deposit): LANDES, HENRY; THYNG, W.S., LYON, D.A., ROBERTS, MILNOR, 1902, THE METALLIFEROUS RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON, EXCEPT IRON: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1901, V. 1, PT. 2, P. 133.
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 (Production): MOEN, (1977)
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