Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium
TertiaryNiobium (Columbium), Uranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formIRREGULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsTorbernite, Uraninite
Geology
Host rockQuartzite,Mica Schist,Gneiss
Associated rockDiorite · Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1952
Discovery year1948
Identification
Deposit ID10042366
MRDS IDM060125
Alternate namesMerikay, Railway Dike, Calispell Peak
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates48.40235, -117.52109
References
HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 356CLARK, L.D. AND MILLER, F.K., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE CHEWELAH MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. GEOLOGIC MAP GM 51951 DIREXPL MERKAY MINES - SURFACE AND UNDERGROUND WOR