Wolframite

Past Producer in Okanogan county in Washington, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10253036
MRDS ID SP00304
MAS/MILS ID 0530470001
Record type Site
Current site name Wolframite
Alternate or previous names Hatfield, Ferris R. Ford, Boundary Mine, Locality 6, Pasayten Wilderness
Related records 10056046

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -120.13309, 48.97543 (WGS84)
Elevation 2073
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

Remmel Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Robinson Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Methow(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Pasayten Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 N 022 E 07 W2SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ALSO IN THE S/2 SEC. 8, AND THE SE/4 SEC. 18, TO. 40N., R. 21 E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -120.13309, 48.97543

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1920

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-94 Van Noy U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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