Fernwood Pit

Producer in Benewah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Stone
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10168153
MAS/MILS ID 0160090056
Record type Site
Current site name Fernwood Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -116.38963, 47.09516 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benewah(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fernwood(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Saint Maries(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

St. Joe(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Benewah

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 043 N 001 E 06 SW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE SOUTH OF FERNWOOD, IDAHO

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Sedimentary rocks associated with flood basalts.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cays Rock Crushing
    ID 1001474
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-NOV-1983 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 12/01/1980
MSHA mine ID1001474
Mine name (MSHA)Fernwood Pit
Current operatorCay'S Rock Crushing Inc
Current controller (parent)Tenwick Cay A
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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