Mine detail: Cannon Mine

Previously called 'MerikayRailway DikeCalispell Peak'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.40235, -117.52109

Resource(M)

Primary: Beryllium
Tertiary: Niobium (Columbium), Uranium
Ore: Torbernite, Uraninite
Orebody form: IRREGULAR
Discovery year: 1948

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Yes
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1952

Geology

Host type:Quartzite,Mica Schist,Gneiss
Associated rock:Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
Associated type:Diorite

References

MRDSM060125
DEP10042366
Reference{Deposit:: HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 356}{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}{Deposit:: 1951 DIREXPL MERKAY MINES - SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WOR}
ReporterPuffett, Willard P.