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Big Iron

Occurrence in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Iron, Tungsten, Gold, Silver
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10041386
MRDS ID M056401
Record type Site
Current site name Big Iron

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.05834, 48.94707 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Churchill Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
40N 37E 24 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION 35,000 TONS 1924-37 SOME ADDITIONAL 1940-41

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Hematite Ore
Limonite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Analytical data

Result 56% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.05834, 48.94707
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 13.72M
    Length 146.3M
    Width 39.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Orient

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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