Germania

The Germania is a copper mine located in Skamania county, Washington.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Germania
Secondary: Margaret Mine Project

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Washington
County: Skamania
District: Mount St. Helens District - Ryan Lake Area

Land Status

Land ownership: National Monument
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: Patented

Workings

Type: Underground

Ownership

Owner Name: Duval Corp.
Years: 1977 -

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Pacific Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Cascade-Sierra Mountains
Physiographic Section: Middle Cascade Mountains

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu-Au

Orebody

Form: Disseminated

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Location): NOTE: SITE IS WITHIN THE BLOWDOWN ZONE OF THE MAY 18, 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS.

Comment (Deposit): BELT OF PYRITIZED GRANODIORITE, WHICH CAN BE TRACED FOR 6000 FT.

Comment (Location): NEAR EDGE OF BLAST ZONE FROM 1980 ERUPTION OF MOUNT ST. HELENS. ADJOINING POLAR STAR PROPERTY ON THE EAST AND EXTENDING TO NEAR TOP OF GOAT MOUNTAIN. PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 11 PATENTED CLAIMS.

Comment (Workings): 2 ADITS ON GERMANIA NO. 2 LODE, ONE ADIT WAS DRIVEN 590 FT IN EARLY DAYS TO REACH THE DOWNWARD EXTENSION OF MINERALIZED ZONE, BUT IT WAS APPARENTLY NEVER INTERSECTED.

Comment (Development): EXCEPT FOR CORE DRILLING BY DUVAL CORP. FORM 1970 TO 1976, NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE AT THE PROPERTY SINCE 1905. PROBABLY NO PRODUCTION.

Comment (Location): LOCATION MAP AVAILABLE, MOEN, (1977)

References

Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 154.

Reference (Deposit): Moen, W.S., 1977, St Helens and Washougal Mining Districts of the southern Cascades of Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources INFO. CIRC. 60, P. 17, 25.

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