Cannon Claims

The Cannon Claims is a beryllium mine located in Stevens county, Washington at an elevation of 4,078 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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

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Site Name

Primary: Cannon Claims
Secondary: Railway Dike Merikay Mine
Secondary: Merikay Mine
Secondary: Calispell Peak

Commodity

Primary: Beryllium

Location

State: Washington
County: Stevens
District: Chewelah Mining District

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: Fee Ownership

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Meridian Land And Minerals, Bellvue, Wa
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1983

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: S

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: Uraninite
Unknown: Columbite
Unknown: Euxenite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Ilmenite
Unknown: Muscovite
Unknown: Niccolite
Unknown: Orthoclase
Unknown: Phenacite
Unknown: Powellite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Scheelite
Unknown: Tantalite
Unknown: Beryl

Comments

Comment (Production): DISCOVERY PRIOR TO 1952. DATES OF INITIAL AND LAST PRODUCTION UNKNOWN. FIGURE GIVEN IN HPROD ID TOTAL BERYL PRODUCTION.

Comment (Geology): METAMORPHIC ROCKS ARE PRECAMBRIAN ROOF PENDANTS.

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S.G.S. PROF. PAPER 806, 1975.

Reference (Deposit): LAKE AREA, STEVENS AND SPOKANE COUNTIES, WASHINGTON,

Reference (Deposit): MILLER, F.K., AND L.D. CLARK, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH-LOON

Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL PROPERTY FILE NUMBER 0530650572.

Reference (Deposit): USBM MINERAL COMMODITIES SUMMARIES, 1983.

Reference (Deposit): JUNE, 1983, UNPUBLISHED CONFIDENTIAL REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): RAILWAY DIKE (MERIKAY MINE), STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON,

Reference (Deposit): RANEY, R.G., MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, BERYLLIUM,

Reference (Deposit): REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 7149, 1968.

Reference (Deposit): PATTEE, E.C., R.M. VAN NOY, AND R.D. WELDIN, U.S.B.M.

Reference (Deposit): MERIKAY MINE, 1954.

Reference (Deposit): MAGILL, E.A., D.M.E.A. FIELD TEAM REGION II FINAL REPORT,

Reference (Deposit): COMPANY REPORT, 1952.

Reference (Deposit): GRANT, W.H., GEOLOGICAL REPORT, MERIKAY MINE, UNPUBLISHED

Reference (Deposit): ............................................................

Reference (Deposit): MINE, UNPUBLISHED COMPANY REPORT, 1952.

Reference (Deposit): FENNER, W.L., REPORT OF EXPLORATION AND MINING AT MERIKAY

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