Red Ridge Claim

Occurrence in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten
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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042371
MRDS ID M060132
Record type Site
Current site name Red Ridge Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.3686, 48.78125 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Relative position 3 MILES NE OF IONE, WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Metaline Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 38N 43E 21,22 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THREE SEPARATE AREAS OF TACTITE CONTAIN IN YELLOWISH FLUORESCING SCHEELITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.02 TO 0.04% WO3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Rock description Kaniksu Batholith-Granodiorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Maitlen Phyllite, Sericitic Schist
    Rock description Maitlen Phyllite, Sericitic Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.3686, 48.78125

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike N 25 DEG. W
    Dip 30 DEG. S.
    Width 4.57M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact; 3 Tactite Zones Parallel To Foliation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1952
Discoverer Lyman West

Mining district

District name Metaline Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lyman And Kermit West

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: SCHEELITE PROBABLY CONTAINS MUCH POWELLITE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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