Carey Mine

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, 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. 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 10229123
MAS/MILS ID 0530650522
Record type Site
Current site name Carey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.74891, 48.90015 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039 N 040 E 10 E2W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT: 4 MILES SE OF NORTHPORT, ALONG ALADDIN HGHWY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.74891, 48.90015

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tri-H. Mining Co., Inc.
    ID 4502871
    Home office Washington
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED NOV 1980

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-OCT-1997 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 06/23/1981
MSHA mine ID4502871
Mine name (MSHA)Carey Mine
Current operatorTri-H Mining Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Hurn Ronald
Mine typeSurface (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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