Big Iron

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Tungsten, Iron, Copper
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10008903
MRDS ID D001406
Record type Site
Current site name Big Iron
Related records 10253470

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.05112, 48.94985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052
Relative position E. SIDE OF SULPHIDE MOUNTAIN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Churchill Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 037E 24 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.05112, 48.94985

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: ALTERED QUARTZITE AND LIMESTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., UNPUBLISHED DATA.

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D.M., AND TWETO, O.L., 1962, TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR-25.

  • Deposit

    CULVER, H.E., AND BROUGHTON, W.A., 1945, WASH. DEPT. CONSERV. DEVEL., DIV. GEOL., BULL. 34.

  • Deposit

    BANCROFT, H., 1914, USGS BULL. 550.

  • Deposit

    5) WEAVER, C.E., 1911, WASH. GEOL. SURV., BULL. 6.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1973 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

External references