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Young American Mine

Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper, Antimony
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  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009093
MRDS ID D001758
Record type Site
Current site name Young American Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.00111, 48.74985 (WGS84)
Elevation 518
Relative position 500 FT. ABOVE COLUMBIA RIVER, 0.25 MILE NE OF BOSSBURG

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Marcus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038N 038E 33 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Lead Secondary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cerussite Ore
Galena Ore
Geocronite Ore
Smithsonite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result SHIPPING ORE AVERAGED 7% PB, 7.7% ZN, 16.1 OZ. AG
Result CONC. FROM ORE SHOWED 3% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.00111, 48.74985
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1885

Mining district

District name Colville Dist.

Comments on the production information

  • FEW CAR LOADS PRIOR TO 1890; 1922 - 1923; 1938; 1941; 1947 - 1954

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C. P., JR., 1951, ANTIMONY OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 39

  • Deposit

    ALSO SEE CRIB RECORD M060128

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS: WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 37

  • Production

    WASH. DIV. MINES & GEOL. BULL. 37

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

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