Fernwood Mill

Past Producer in Benewah county in Idaho, United States with commodity Garnet
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 10192405
MAS/MILS ID 0160099000
Record type Site
Current site name Fernwood Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -116.38683, 47.11766 (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 044 N 011 E 31 SENW Idaho

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION: RIGHT OF STATE HWY # 3 IN FERNWOOD, ID.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -116.38683, 47.11766

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Emerald Creek Garnet Milling Co., Inc.
    ID 1001567
    Home office Box 176, Fernwood, Idaho
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT. DATED DEC. 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-85 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 08/22/1986
MSHA mine ID1001567
Mine name (MSHA)Fernwood Mill
Current operatorEmerald Creek Garnet Milling Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Kurt Mc Call
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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