The Germania Mine is a tungsten mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 3,501 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: 3,501 Feet (1,067 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 48.00833, -118.09944
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Germania Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Germania Mine
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Bismuth
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Deer Trail District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: Tungsten Uranium Mines, Inc.
Owner Name: Penticton Tungsten Mines, Ltd.
Production
Year: 1955
Time Period: 1904 - 1955
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^0.4 % Wo3
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Discovery Year: 1894
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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: L
Description: Two Sets Of Faults. One Strikes N.0-30 Deg W. The Other N. 70 Deg. W. - N 70 Deg. E. Dip Steep. Offset Few Feet.
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Host Rock Greisinized Near Vein.
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Scheelite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Wolframite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Production): 58,202 TONS OF ORE AVERAGED 0.4% WO3; 32,848 TONS OF TAILINGS AVERAGED 0.13% WO3. ONE SAMPLE OF MINE QUARTZ ASSAYED 0.02 OZ. GOLD AND 1 OZ. SILVER PER TON.
Comment (Location): SOUTH END OF HUCKLEBERRY MOUNTAINS NEAR HEADWATERS OF SAND CREEK.
Comment (Commodity): WOLFRAMITE OCCURS IN CRYSTALS AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES LONG. MASSES WEIGHING 100 POUNDS OCCUR.
Comment (Workings): FOUR LEVELS ABOVE MAIN ADIT AND TWO LEVELS BELOW. MAIN ADIT CAVED IN 1972.
Comment (Geology): ALL GRANITES SIMILAR IN MINERALOGY CONTAINING QUARTZ, OLIGOCLASE, ORTHOCLASE AND BIOTITE WITH SOME MICROCLINE, PERTHITE , MUSCOVITE, ZIRCON, APATITE, AND PYRITE.
Comment (Deposit): ORE DEPOSITS CONSIST OF PODS OF WOLFRAMITE IN NARROW QUARTZ VEINS. SCHEELITE IS IN ROCK BOUNDING VEINS. GREISEN ZONES MIGHT BE AS THICK AS THE QUARTZ VEINS. VEINS RANGE IN THICKNESS FROM A FRACTION OF AN INCH TO AS MUCH AS 29 INCHES.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1931 DIREXPL TUNGSTEN PRODUCERS MINED AND MILLED
Reference (Deposit): 1936 DIREXPL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. MINED AND MILLED
Reference (Deposit): 1940 GEOLMAP PAGE, L.R., UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Production): HUNTTING, M.T. 1956 - P. 348
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E. AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOLOGY BULL. 34, P. 77-79
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 348
Reference (Deposit): CAMPBELL, A.B. AND RAUP, O.B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-276
Reference (Deposit): 1906 DIREXPL GERMANIA MINING COMPANY
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