Ries

Occurrence in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodity Gemstone
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 10277394
MAS/MILS ID 0530510161
Record type Site
Current site name Ries

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.05497, 48.20426 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(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 031 N 045 E 12 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT REPORTED ON THE WEST BANK OF THE PEND OREILLE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Precambrian rocks, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 46.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-AUG-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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