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Silver Hill

Past Producer in Spokane county in Washington, United States with commodities Tin, Tungsten, Silver, Lead, Graphite
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204272
MRDS ID D001420
MAS/MILS ID 0530630001
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Hill
Alternate or previous names Spokane Tin Mines
Related records 10008910

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.32667, 47.56016 (WGS84)
Elevation 875
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spokane(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Spokane SE(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hangman(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Spokane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024 N 043 E 23 C SENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Lead Secondary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Wolframite Ore

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Precambrian rocks, undivided
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N25W
    Dip 45S
    Length 120M
    Width 13M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 PEGMATITE
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #3 PIPELIKE
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N25W:45S
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1906
Year of first production 1907

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Spokane Tin Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 340.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 50.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 931, P. 177-203.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES RI 7148, P. 128-131.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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