Sheep Creek Mill

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Lead, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180719
MAS/MILS ID 0530659006
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Creek Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.77891, 48.94515 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Northport(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 N 039 E 24 SESESE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT: 2 MILES N OF NORTHPORT, WA, OFF US HGHWY 25.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.77891, 48.94515

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Tri-H Mining Co., Inc.
    ID 4502872
    Home office Washington
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED NOV 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-OCT-1997 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 08/09/1982
MSHA mine ID4502872
Mine name (MSHA)Sheep Creek Mill
Current operatorTri-H Mining Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Hurn Ronald
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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