Chewelah

Unknown in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodity Limestone, Dimension
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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10278272
MAS/MILS ID 0530650625
Record type Site
Current site name Chewelah
Alternate or previous names Chewecah

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.66, 48.29955 (WGS84)
Elevation 792

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(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 032 N 041 E 05 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, Dimension Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Precambrian rocks, undivided

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chewelah Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Chewelah Eagle Mining Co.
    Year 1960
  • Type Unknown
    Owner S. P. Mcpherson
    Year 1948

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON STATE BULLETIN NUMBER 37, PART 1, VOLUME 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 39 AND 58.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY IC NO. 16, DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON MINING OPERATIONS, 1948, P. 19 AND 45.

  • Deposit

    DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY IC NO. 17, P. 7, 1949.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1994 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.