| Deposit ID | 10301400 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0530190454 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Key West Underground |
| Alternate or previous names | Kettle River Project - 0530199003 |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.55973, 48.71265 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1341 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Ferry(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Cooke Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Sanpoil(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Colville National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Ferry |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 037 N | 034 E | 07 | SE | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Gold | Primary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Electrum | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Marcasite | Unknown |
| Pyrite | Unknown |
| Pyrrhotite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -118.55973, 48.71265 |
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| Strike | N22W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 14W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 5M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 193M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 77M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 25M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 16HA | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Operation type | Surface |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1991 |
| Milling method | Hydrometallurgy Unspecified |
| District name | Belcher |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Patented |
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Echo Bay Mines Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1995 |
| Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Area | 6HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530190454 |
ENGINEERING & MINING JOURNAL. THIS MONTH IN MINING: ECHO
BAY ANNOUNCES KETTLE RIVER MINE. E & MJ, 1989, VOL. 1,
NO. 1, P. 17.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ACCESS IS BY 15 KM OF GRAVELED ROAD, 2 KM OF WHICH REMAIN TO TO BE BUILT. POWER WILL BE SUPPLIED BY AN ON SITE DIESEL GENERATOR. WATER WILL BE OBTAINED FROM WELLS OR BY TRUCK FROM THE KEY MILL. LABOR WILL COMMUTE FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 22-AUG-95 | Lindsey, David S. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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