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Howe Sound Tailings

Plant in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204084
MAS/MILS ID 0530070671
Record type Site
Current site name Howe Sound Tailings

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.76929, 48.19702 (WGS84)
Elevation 984
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Holden(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Twisp(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Concrete(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake Chelan(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 031 N 017 E 07 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.76929, 48.19702
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 940916

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Flotation

Mining district

District name Railroad Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Red Butte Resources Ltd.
    Year 1989

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. & EARTH RESOURCES WA. GEOL. NEWSLETTER,

  • Deposit

    V. 18, NO. 1, MAR 1990, P. 6, 15, 16.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS THE TAILING FROM THE HOLDEN MILL AT THE HOLDEN MINE (0530070001). THE AREA IS BEING REHABILITATED. A LAYER OF SAND AND GRAVEL HAS BEEN PLACED OVER THE TAILINGS AND VEGETATION PLANTED TO STABILIZE THE TAILINGS (WIND BORN PARTICULATES WERE A PROBLEM. THE BUREAU (SPOKANE RESEARCH) DRILLED HOLES IN THE TAILINGS TO PUT IN MONITOR WELLS IN 1994.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-SEP-94 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

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