Bella May Mine

Prospect in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodities Cadmium, Lead, Silver, Uranium, Zinc
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10179893
MRDS ID SP00308
MAS/MILS ID 0530510118
Record type Site
Current site name Bella May Mine
Alternate or previous names Bella May
Related records 10093028

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.4053, 48.84796 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pend Oreille(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Metaline(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)

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 29 SW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • NOTE: HUNTTING (1956, P. 366) REPORTS THIS MINE IN THE NE/4 NE/4 SEC. 32. THE METALINE 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS IT IN THE SW/4 SEC. 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cadmium Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Uranium Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) Cambrian limestone and dolomite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Metaline Mining District

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Metaline Mining And Leasing Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 366.

  • Deposit

    MINOBRAS, 1977, URANIUM DEPOSITS OF THE NORTHERN U.S.

  • Deposit

    P. 45.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references