Bayview Limestone Pit

Past Producer in Kootenai county in Idaho, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Dolomite, Limestone, Crushed/Broken
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10073377
MRDS ID W019431
MAS/MILS ID 0160550065
Record type Site
Current site name Bayview Limestone Pit
Alternate or previous names Silver King Limestone

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.55855, 47.98316 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position N OF BAYVIEW. 15 MI E OF SPIRIT LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kootenai(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bayview(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coeur D'Alene(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille Lake(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Idaho Panhandle National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Kootenai

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 054N 002W 33,34,27 E2 (33) Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • Property Extends A Mile E - W Along Lower Slope Of Ridge. On S & Se Shores Of Pend Oreille Lake

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Dolomite Primary
Limestone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Analytical data

Result CHIP SAMPLES ASSAYED 51.3 % CAO, 3.6 % MGO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock type qualifier Crystalline And Dolomitic Limestones
    Rock unit name Lakeview Formation
    Rock description Lakeview Form. Crystalline And Dolomitic Limestones
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.55855, 47.98316

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pend Oreille District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Chas. Thompson And Others

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves In Order Of Several Million Tons

Comments on development

  • Econ.Com: Wide Range Composition

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Hubbard, M., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open - File Report, 3 P.

  • Production

    Hubbard, M., 1956 , Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Open-File Rept., 3 P.

  • Deposit

    Savage, C. N., 1964 , Limestone And Related Materials, In Mineral And Water Resources Of Idaho: Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Spec. Rept. 1 , P. 111 - 116

  • Deposit

    Savage, C.N., 1969, Idaho Bureau Of Mines And Geology Bulletin 23, P. 21-22.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1974 Miller, Pat J. U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 12-JAN-1989 Olson U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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