Mine detail: Germania Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

48.00818, -118.10054

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Secondary:	Molybdenum
Tertiary:	Bismuth
Ore:	Molybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Fluorite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	TABULAR
Discovery year:	1894

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1904

Geology

Host type:	Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Structure:	Two Sets Of Faults. One Strikes N.0-30 Deg W. The Other N. 70 Deg. W. - N 70 Deg. E. Dip Steep. Offset Few Feet.
Alteration processes:	Host Rock Greisinized Near Vein.

References

MRDS	M060112
DEP	10042355
Reference	{Deposit:: CULVER, H.E. AND BROUGHTON, W.A. 1945, TUNGSTEN RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON: WASH. DIV. OF GEOLOGY BULL. 34, P. 77-79}{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULL. 37, VOL. 1, P. 348}{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, A.B. AND RAUP, O.B., 1964, PRELIMINARY GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTERS QUADRANGLE, STEVENS AND FERRY COUNTIES, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MINERAL INVESTIGATIONS MAP MF-276}{Deposit:: 1906 DIREXPL GERMANIA MINING COMPANY}{Deposit:: 1931 DIREXPL TUNGSTEN PRODUCERS MINED AND MILLED}{Deposit:: 1936 DIREXPL GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. MINED AND MILLED}{Deposit:: 1940 GEOLMAP PAGE, L.R., UNPUBLISHED REPORT}{Production:: HUNTTING, M.T. 1956 - P. 348}
Reporter	Puffett, Willard P.