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Metaline

Past Producer in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204713
MRDS ID W017881
MAS/MILS ID 0530510335
Record type Site
Current site name Metaline
Alternate or previous names Bella May, Blue Bucket, West Contact

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.3908, 48.84206 (WGS84)
Elevation 944
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 32 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.3908, 48.84206
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metaline Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 410,724 TONS OF ORE VALUED AT $2,573,294 IN 1938-1939 (HUNTTING, 1956, P. 370). THE METALINE MINE WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO AN ADIT FOR MINING THE COMBINED OREBODIES OF THE BELLA MAY (0530510118), BLUE BUCKET (0530510119), AND WEST CONTACT (0530510336) DEPOSITS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    REPT 90-18, P. 311

  • Deposit

    WATKINSON ET AL, 1987, WASH DIV GEOL & EARTH RES BULL 77

  • Deposit

    P. 41-53

Reporter information

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

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