Lehigh Iron Pits

Past Producer in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036851
MRDS ID M025807
Record type Site
Current site name Lehigh Iron Pits
Related records 10180256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41638, 48.85014 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Metaline(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pend Oreille

Comments on the location information

  • TWO PITS - ONE IS LOCATED; THE OTHER LIES 250M N.; A (LOCATED) - ELEVATION 3200 FT, B - ELEVATION 2900 FT; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1967 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41638, 48.85014

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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