West Contact

Past Producer in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180329
MRDS ID SP00340
MAS/MILS ID 0530510336
Record type Site
Current site name West Contact
Alternate or previous names Bella May, Metaline, Blue Bucket
Related records 10056080

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.4167, 48.85176 (WGS84)
Elevation 922
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Metaline(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic unit)

Pend Oreille(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pend Oreille

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039 N 043 E 30 E2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.4167, 48.85176

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metaline Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Metaline Mining And Leasing

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY ET AL, 1990, WASH DIV GEOL & EARTH RES OPEN FILE REPT

  • Deposit

    90-18, P. 324

  • Deposit

    ADDIE, G.G., 1970, WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 61, P. 65-78

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE WEST CONTACT DEPOSIT WAS EXTRACTED THROUGH THE METALINE MINE TUNNEL (0530510335). ITS PRODUCTION WAS COMBINED WITH THAT OF THE BELLA MAY (0530510118) AND BLUE BUCKET (0530510119).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JUN-94 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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