| Deposit ID | 10180962 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0530650634 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Midnight |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.9394, 48.19565 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 1158 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Stevens(county)
Washington(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stensgar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Chewelah(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Colville(hydrologic unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Washington | Stevens |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 031 N | 039 E | 07 | Washington |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Magnesite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Calcite | Unknown |
| Dolomite | Unknown |
| Magnesite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -117.9394, 48.19565 |
|---|
| Strike | N20E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dip | 50W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 600M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 10M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 1M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1916 |
| Year of first production | 1917 |
| Type of mineral rights | Located Claim |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Year | 1918 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Crude Magnesite Mined 500 Tonnes | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1919 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Crude Magnesite Mined 500 Tonnes | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0530650634 |
VALENTINE. G.M., INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS, PART 1
NON-METALLIC MINERALS, WASH. DIV. OF MINES AND GEOL. BULL
37, 1979, 113 PP.
WETZEL, N., PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE STEVENS COUNTY
MAGNESITE DEPOSITS, STEVENS COUNTY, WASHINGTON, BUMINES WFOC
MAS PROPERTY EVALUATION FILE REPORT, MAGNESITE, UNPUBLISHED,
JUNE, 1983.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Wetzel, Nicholas | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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