Anderson Prospect

Occurrence in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10068219
MRDS ID W001169
Record type Site
Current site name Anderson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.63444, 48.91653 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Cambrian limestone and dolomite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SPHALERITE AND GALENA IN REPLACEMENT DEPOSIT IN LIMESTONE NEAR SHALE CONTACT. NARROW VEIN SHOWS 4% NI (SPECIMEN?). DIAMOND DRILL HOLE HAD A 4-FT. SECTION WITH 0.42% NI, 0.12% COBALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Northport

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VHAY, J.S., 1966, NICKEL AND COBALT IN "MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF WASHINGTON", WASHINGTON DEPT. CONSERV., DIV. MINES AND GEOLOGY REPRINT 9, P. 116-125

  • Reserve-Resource

    REF. 1

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1973 Coury, Anny B. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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