Woodbury Quarry

The Woodbury Quarry is a magnesite mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 2,201 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Woodbury Quarry

Commodity

Primary: Magnesite

Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens

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: Patented

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Harbison-Walker
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Ohio
Info Year: 1983

Production

Year: 1949
Description: Crude Magnesite Mined 45000 Tonnes

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1949
Discovery Year: 1916
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

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: Calcite
Unknown: Fersmannite
Unknown: Magnesite
Unknown: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reserve-Resource): THE WOODBURY DEPOSIT CONTAINED A LARGE IRREGULAR MASS OF MAGNESITE WHICH TOTALLED 45,000 T. THIS ORE WAS DEPLETED BY NORTHWEST MAGNESITE CO. IN 1949.

References

Reference (Deposit): VALENTINE, G.M., INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PLATE 1,

Reference (Deposit): NON-METALLIC MINERALS, WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL

Reference (Deposit): 37, 1979, 113PP.

Reference (Deposit): WETZEL, N., PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEVENS COUNTY

Reference (Deposit): MAGNESITE DEPOSITS, STEVENS COUNTY WASHINGTON, BUMINES, WFOC

Reference (Deposit): MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, MAGNESITE, JUNE, 1983

Reference (Deposit): UNPUBLISHED.

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