Skippy and Queen Bess Mine

Occurrence in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036887
MRDS ID M025849
Record type Site
Current site name Skippy and Queen Bess Mine
Alternate or previous names Fairview Copper
Related records 10131762

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21191, 48.43903 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Browns Lake(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)

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 Pend Oreille

Comments on the location information

  • PROPERTY (40 ACRES OF DEEDED LAND) IS ALSO LOCATED TO THE NORTH IN SEC. 23 AND SOME OF THE WORKINGS ARE FOUND HERE; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1968 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Secondary
Gold Secondary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21191, 48.43903

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASH DMG BULL 37, PART II, P. 229

  • Deposit

    WASH DMG BULL 40, P. 53-54

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Andrews, David H. (Lawson, William A.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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