Canamera Milling and Smelting

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Gold
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204465
MAS/MILS ID 0530479006
Record type Site
Current site name Canamera Milling and Smelting

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -119.45306, 48.42454 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

The Pothole(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Omak(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Okanogan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 N 027 E 29 NENENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -119.45306, 48.42454

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON COLVILLE INDIAN RESERVATION. SULFIDE ORE MINE AND MILL SHUT DOWN IN LATE 1970S. DRIED TAILINGS/TAILINGS PONDS (XANTHATE). EPA PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT IN 8/85. CONFIRMED SEDIMENT AND SOIL CONTAMINATION; SUSPECTED DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER, AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION: EPA PRIORITY POLLUTANTS-METALS AND CYANIDE; OTHER NON-PRIORITY POLLUTANT METEALS. STATUS: AWAITING ASSESSMENT BY DEPT. OF ECOLOGY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-1994 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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