Mine detail: Stevens County Magnesite-Red Marble

Previously called 'N.W. Magnesite Quarry - 0530650212Turk Quarry - 0530650779Woodbury Quarry - 0530650630Keystone Quarry - 0530650630Davis Prospect - 0530650638Double Eagle Quarries - 0530650637Crosby Prospect - 0530650636Midnight Prospect - 0530650634Nogue Prospect - 0530650633Phoenix Prospect - 0530650632Mountainview Prospect - 0530650631Finch Quarry - 0530650529Black Bear Prospect - 0530650639Red Marble Quarry - 0530650640Allen-Moss - 0530650530'

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Location

Lat / long: 48.16765, -117.9555

Resource(M)

Primary: Magnesite
Other material: Calcite, Dolomite, Magnesite, Quartz
Discovery year: 1916

Production

Operation type: Surface
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1949

Geology

References

MAS530650640
DEP10278255
Reference{Deposit:: CAMPBELL, I., AND J.S. LOOFBOUROW, JR. GEOLOGY OF THE}{Deposit:: MAGNESITE BELT OF STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON. U.S. GEOL.}{Deposit:: SURVEY BULLETIN 1142-F, 1962, 52 PP.}{Deposit:: FISK, R. PERSONEL COMMUNICATION, APRIL 1983.}{Deposit:: SEWELL, C.R. NORTHWEST MAGNESITE COMPANY PROPERTY NEAR}{Deposit:: CHEWELAH, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON. REPORT OF}{Deposit:: INVESTIGATIONS, UNPUBLISHED, MAY 1972, UNPUBLISHED.}{Deposit:: SIEGFUS, S.S. SOME GEOLOGICAL FEATURES OF THE WASHINGTON}{Deposit:: MAGNESITE DEPOSITS. ENG. & MIN. J., V. 124, NO. 22, 1927,}{Deposit:: PP. 853-857}{Deposit:: VALENTINE, G.M. INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PT. 1,}{Deposit:: NOMETALLIC MINERALS. WASHINGTON DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL.}{Deposit:: BULL. 37, 1979, 113 PP.}{Deposit:: WEAVER, C.F. THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY,}{Deposit:: WASHIGNTON. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, 1920, 350 PP.}{Deposit:: WETZEL, N. AND G. GALE. BASIC INCORPORATED MAGNESIUM}{Deposit:: FACILITIES, NYE COUNTY, NEVADA. BUMINES MAS PROPERTY}{Deposit:: EVALUATION FILE REPORT, MAGNESITE, UNPUBLISHED, MARCH 1983}{Deposit:: WETZEL, N. THE OVERTON MAGNESITE DEPOSIT, CLARK COUNTY,}{Deposit:: NEVADA. BUMINES MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT,}{Deposit:: MEGNESITE, UNPUBLISHED, MARCH 1983.}{Deposit:: WETZEL, N. THE NATIVADAD AND MOSS LANDING OPERATIONS,}{Deposit:: KAISER REFRACTORIES, MONTEREY COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. BUMINES,}{Deposit:: WFOC, MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, MAGNESIUM,}{Deposit:: WETZEL, N, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEVENS COUNTY}{Deposit:: MAGNESITE DEPOSITS, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, BUMINES}{Deposit:: WFOC MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, UNPUBLISHED,}{Deposit:: JUNE, 1983.}
ReporterWetzel, Nicholas