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Old Blue Grouse Mine, Blue Grouse Mountain Area, Springdale Mining District, Stevens County, Washington, USAi
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Old Blue Grouse MineMine
Blue Grouse Mountain AreaArea
Springdale Mining DistrictMining District
Stevens CountyCounty
WashingtonState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
48° 5' 47'' North , 117° 30' 7'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Loon Lake783 (2011)10.4km
Deer Park3,941 (2017)15.9km
Springdale275 (2017)18.3km
Valley146 (2011)18.7km
Chewelah2,607 (2011)25.5km
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ClubLocationDistance
Pend Oreille Rock and Gem ClubOldtown, Idaho36km
Panorama Gem & Mineral ClubArden, Washington49km
Mindat Locality ID:
28703
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:28703:7
GUID (UUID V4):
602f5db9-bc35-4f39-9cfd-06e2ebeae0f3


This mine is located on Blue grouse Mountain. It produced $10,000 worth of ore in 1909. The Geology is hydrothermally altered granite in Cretaceous muscovite quartz monzonite intruded into argillite and quartzite of the Striped Peak Formation of the Belt Supergroup.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Hübnerite4.DB.30MnWO4
Group 9 - Silicates
Muscovite9.EC.15KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Kaolinite9.ED.05Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
H MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
OOxygen
O HübneriteMnWO4
O KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
O MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
AlAluminium
Al KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Al MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si KaoliniteAl2(Si2O5)(OH)4
Si MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
KPotassium
K MuscoviteKAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
MnManganese
Mn HübneriteMnWO4
WTungsten
W HübneriteMnWO4

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