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Bossburg North Area

Prospect in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10117935
MAS/MILS ID 0530650880
Record type Site
Current site name Bossburg North Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.04972, 48.76735 (WGS84)
Elevation 600
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bossburg(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
Willamette 038 N 037 E 25 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.04972, 48.76735
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Date of Last Modification 940706

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Bossburg District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Clarence Hanson And Paull Rettinger
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, R. G., 1962, LIMESTONE IN THE BOUNDARY, LEADPOINT,

  • Deposit

    SPIRIT, AND DEEP LAKE QUAD OF N. STEVENS CO., IN MILLS,

  • Deposit

    HIGH-CALCIUM LIMESTONES OF EASTERN WASHINGTON: WA DIV.

  • Deposit

    OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 48, P. 113-116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REPORTED DRILL BY IDEAL CEMENT IN 1955 AND CONTAIN IN EXCESS OF 1.80% MGO LIMIT FOR CEMENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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