The Grandview Mine is a lead and zinc mine located in Pend Oreille county, Washington at an elevation of 2,500 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: 2,500 Feet (762 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc
Lat, Long: 48.87778, -117.35750
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Grandview Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Grandview Mine
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Cadmium
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Uranium
Location
State: Washington
County: Pend Oreille
District: Metaline District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Grandview Mines, Inc.
Owner Name: American Zinc, Lead, And Smelting Co.
Home Office: St. Louis, Mo.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1924
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: L
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Okanogan Highlands - Selkirk Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: CRUDELY TABULAR - GENTLY DIPPING
Structure
Type: R
Description: Nne Plunging Anticline
Type: L
Description: Northerly-Trending Faults
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Dolomite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGES 1.37% PB, 2.97% ZN MATERIAL FROM CARBONACEOUS SEAMS ASSAYED 0.16% U3O8.
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Marcasite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): EXTENSIONS OF ORE ZONE TO EAST PROBABLY CONTAIN A LARGE LOW-GRADE LEAD-ZINC RESOURCE - NOT MINABLE AT PRICES PREVAILING IN 1973.
Comment (Development): PRODUCTION CEASED IN 1964 ; ECON.COM: ORE TREATED IN 750-TON PER DAY FLOTATION MILL
Comment (Workings): MANY THOUSAND FT OF WORKINGS
Comment (Deposit): ORE IS IN UPPER PART OF METALINE LIMESTONE NEAR CREST OF AN ANTICLINE PLUNGING GENTLY NNE. LATERAL LIMITS OF ORE ARE IN THE ADJACENT PEND OREILLE MINE.
Comment (Production): IN LATE 1957 THE GRANDVIEW MILL WAS ENLARGED FROM 600 TONS TO 1600 TONS DAILY CAPACITY. MINE CEASED PRODUCTION IN 1964.
Comment (Commodity): ORE IS FINE GRAINED SPHALERITE AND GALENA WIDELY DISSEMINATED THROUGH SILICIFIED BRECCIATED SOMEWHAT CARBONACEOUS DOLOMITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 39, V. 1, P. 368.
Reference (Deposit): 1936 GEOLMAP C. F. PARK, JR. AND R. S. CANNON, JR. - USGS PROF PAPER 202
Reference (Deposit): 1945 GEOLMAP M.G. DINGS, USGS PROF PAPER 489
Reference (Production): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFO. CIRC. 7872
Reference (Deposit): DINGS, M. G. AND WHITEBREAD, D. H., 1965, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE METALINE ZINC-LEAD DISTRICT, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 489, P. 74-78
Reference (Deposit): MCCONNEL, R. H. AND ANDERSON, R. A., 1968, THE METALINE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES (THE GRATON-SALES VOLUME): NEW YORK, AM. INST. MINING METALL. PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, V. 2, P. 1460-1480
Reference (Deposit): ADDIE, G. G., 1970, THE METALINE DISTRICT, PEND OREILLE COUNTY, WASHINGTON IN LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS IN THE KOOTENAY ARC, NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON AND ADJACENT BRITISH COLUMBIA: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 61, P. 65-78
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