Midnite

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008500
MRDS ID D000701
MAS/MILS ID 530650398
Record type Site
Current site name Midnite
Alternate or previous names Midnite Mine
Included sites Midnite Mine Area Boyd Lease

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.08333, 47.95 (WGS84)
Relative position ON THE SPOKANe INDIAN RESERVATION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Turtle Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028N 037E 01,02,11, 12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • Alternate locations given as 47-57-15, 118-5-25 (10131495), 47-56-29 118-5-33 (10056184). Location not quality checked. Pick the coordinates that match the PLSS.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Secondary
Copper Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Uraninite Ore
Uranophane Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Phyllite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.08333, 47.95

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPECIFIC (SPOT) LOCATION (Copied from deleted record US53039 = 10067204)

Comments on the geologic information

  • FELSIC IGNEOUS RKS IN MIOGEOSYNCLINAL SED ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1954

Comments on development

  • MINE-TONNES/YR- ORE>100000 LEACH>N/A WASTE>1000000 PLANT- TYPE>PRECIP. TONNES/YR- INPUT>175000 OUTPUT>39900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Environmental Factors STATE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SITE (C2) AFFECTED SURFACE WATER METALS AS POLLUTANTS IN LANDFILL, SUSPECTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 1974-09-01 King, Robert U. U.S. Geological Survey PARSED HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK INFORMATION FROM OLD SINGLE VALUED FIELD TO NEW MULTIVALUED FIELD
Editor 1995-06-09 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 2011-10-28 Wilson, Anna B U.S. Geological Survey merged and deleted 3 duplicate records 10067204, 10056184, and 10131495.
Reporter 1994-06-24 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines 10131495 = 0530650398
Reporter 1991-02-01 Berger, Mary A U.S. Geological Survey SP00481 = 10056184
Reporter 1979-05-01 USGS U.S. Geological Survey US53039 = 10067204

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references