The Addy Mine is a tungsten mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 4,199 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,199 Feet (1,280 Meters)
Commodity: Tungsten
Lat, Long: 48.25389, -118.06972
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Addy Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Addy Mine
Secondary: Washington Metals
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Summit Mining District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Owner Name: E. A. Magill
Owner Name: Addy Development Co.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1916
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: VEINS ARE NARROW BUT LOCALLY CONTAIN MORE THAN 9% WO3.
Materials
Ore: Wolframite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Commodity): QUARTZ VEIN BECOMES PEGMATITIC IN WEST PART OF LOWER ADIT.
Comment (Production): 10 TONS CONCENTRATES PRODUCED
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: CONCENTRATION OF ORE MINERALS EASY BECAUSE OF SIMPLE MINERALOGY
Comment (Workings): MINE DEVELOPED BY TWO ADITS - CONNECTED BY A RAISE. SOME STOPES ABOVE UPPER ADIT. NEITHER ADIT NOW ACCESSIBLE.
Comment (Deposit): STOCK INTRUDES MISSION ARGILLITE. TUNGSTEN - BEARING VEINS NEAR CENTRAL PART OF STOCK.
References
Reference (Deposit): 1951 DIREXPL ADDY DEVELOPMENT CO.
Reference (Production): WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOLOGY, BULL. 37
Reference (Deposit): CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. OF GEOL. BULL. 34, P. 69-70
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS; WASH. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, VOL. I, P. 349-350
Reference (Deposit): 1916 DIREXPL G. L. STOCKWELL
Reference (Deposit): 1929 DIREXPL MCGOWAN AND REED
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