Ark

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Zinc, Copper, Lead, Silver, Gold
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041340
MRDS ID M056329
Record type Site
Current site name Ark
Alternate or previous names Silver Queen
Related records 10132006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.11612, 48.54957 (WGS84)
Elevation 600

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kettle Falls(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
35N 37E 11 Washington

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • MORE THAN 2805 TONS ORE PRODUCED 1915-1949

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10 OZ AG, 1% CU, 1% PB, 1% ZN

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cambrian limestone and dolomite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 9.14M
    Depth to bottom 76.2M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ARGILLITE, LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kettle Falls

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references