(Facility) Northport Smelter

Plant in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Lead
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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278082
MAS/MILS ID 0530659007
Record type Site
Current site name (Facility) Northport Smelter
Alternate or previous names Northport Smelting & Refining

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.77471, 48.91875 (WGS84)
Elevation 414
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northport(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 029 N 040 E 04 NWNW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.77471, 48.91875

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Smelter
Plant subcategory Sinter

Mining district

District name Northport

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Day Interests Of The Coeur D'Alene Mines
    Year 1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PATTY, 1921, THE METAL MINES OF WASHINGTON: WA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 23, P. 325-327.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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