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Big Chief Mine

Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Silver, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042402
MRDS ID M060173
Record type Site
Current site name Big Chief Mine
Alternate or previous names Tenderfoot, Royal, Silver Key
Related records 10156758

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.86611, 48.70457 (WGS84)
Elevation 914
Relative position 11 MILES NNE FROM COLVILLE, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillette Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(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 037N 039E 14 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Limonite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.86611, 48.70457
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fractures

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bossburg District

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Engineered Mines, Inc.

Comments on the production information

  • HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS REPORTS 50 TONS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1940

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEAVER, C.E. 1920, MINERAL RESOURCES OF STEVENS COUNTY: WASHINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 20, P. 237-239

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, P. 237

  • Production

    U.S.B.M. INFO. CIRC. 7872

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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