Lehigh Portland Cement Plant

Past Producer in Pend Oreille county in Washington, United States with commodity Calcium
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180424
MAS/MILS ID 0530519003
Record type Site
Current site name Lehigh Portland Cement Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.3705, 48.85906 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
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 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 039 N 043 E 29 NENESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.3705, 48.85906

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
    ID 4502749
    Home office Washington
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED APRIL 1980

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCIUM OXIDE-USED IN MAKING CEMENT. METALINE FALLS, WA. IN THE CENTER OF TOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-AUG-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/01/1989
MSHA mine ID4502749
Mine name (MSHA)Cement Plant
Current operatorLehigh Portland Cement Company
Current controller (parent)Heidelberg Materials AG
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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