The Cannon Claims is a beryllium mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 4,078 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: 4,078 Feet (1,243 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 48.4025, -117.51970
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Cannon Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cannon Claims
Secondary: Railway Dike Merikay Mine
Secondary: Merikay Mine
Secondary: Calispell Peak
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Chewelah Mining District
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Type: Fee Ownership
Workings
Type: Surface
Ownership
Owner Name: Meridian Land And Minerals, Bellvue, Wa
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1983
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Uraninite
Unknown: Columbite
Unknown: Euxenite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Niccolite
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Phenacite
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Tantalite
Unknown: Beryl
Comments
Comment (Production): DISCOVERY PRIOR TO 1952. DATES OF INITIAL AND LAST PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. FIGURE GIVEN IN HPROD ID TOTAL BERYL PRODUCTION.
Comment (Geology): METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE PRECAMBRIAN ROOF PENDANTS.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 806, 1975.
Reference (Deposit): LAKE AREA, STEVENS AND SPOKANE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON,
Reference (Deposit): MILLER, F.K., AND L.D. CLARK, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH-LOON
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NUMBER 0530650572.
Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL COMMODITIES SUMMARIES, 1983.
Reference (Deposit): JUNE, 1983, UNPUBLISHED CONFIDENTIAL REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): RAILWAY DIKE (MERIKAY MINE), STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON,
Reference (Deposit): RANEY, R.G., MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, BERYLLIUM,
Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 7149, 1968.
Reference (Deposit): PATTEE, E.C., R.M. VAN NOY, AND R.D. WELDIN, U.S.B.M.
Reference (Deposit): MERIKAY MINE, 1954.
Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., D.M.E.A. FIELD TEAM REGION II FINAL REPORT,
Reference (Deposit): COMPANY REPORT, 1952.
Reference (Deposit): GRANT, W.H., GEOLOGICAL REPORT, MERIKAY MINE, UNPUBLISHED
Reference (Deposit): ............................................................
Reference (Deposit): MINE, UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORT, 1952.
Reference (Deposit): FENNER, W.L., REPORT OF EXPLORATION AND MINING AT MERIKAY
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