The Cannon Mine is a beryllium mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 4,101 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 4,101 Feet (1,250 Meters)
Commodity: Beryllium
Lat, Long: 48.4025, -117.52000
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Cannon Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cannon Mine
Secondary: Merikay
Secondary: Railway Dike
Secondary: Calispell Peak
Commodity
Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium)
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Chewelah District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Surface/Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Northern Pacific Railway Co.
Owner Name: Lawrence Hammond
Production
Year: 1952
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^12.7 % Beo
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1952
Discovery Year: 1948
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: Calispell Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: IRREGULAR
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Uraninite
Ore: Torbernite
Comments
Comment (Production): ABOUT 6 TONS OF ORE STOCKPILED AT MINE ASSAYED 4.20 AND 6.21 PERCENT BEO
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: SIMILARITY BETWEEN BERYL AND FELDSPAR CRYSTALS CREATE PROBLEMS IN MECHANICAL SEPARATION.
Comment (Workings): PEGMATITE EXPLORED BY 8 TRENCHES AND 398 FT. OF ADIT AND CROSSCUT. HIGHEST TRENCH IS 240 FT. ABOVE ADIT LEVEL.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 356
Reference (Deposit): CLARK, L.D. AND MILLER, F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP GM 5
Reference (Deposit): 1951 DIREXPL MERKAY MINES - SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WOR
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