Three Mile Creek Area

Prospect in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10131744
MAS/MILS ID 0530510337
Record type Site
Current site name Three Mile Creek Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.333, 48.89096 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boundary Dam(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 039 N 043 E 11 SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Cambrian limestone and dolomite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Date of Last Modification 940711

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metaline Mining District

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MILLS, 1962, REPORTS THAT THE DEPOSIT CONTAINS APPROX. 400,000 TONS OF HIGH PURITY LIMESTONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-94 Hughes, Curt A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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