Spokane Molybdenum Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Washington, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204719
MRDS ID W017905
MAS/MILS ID 0530430164
Record type Site
Current site name Spokane Molybdenum Mine
Alternate or previous names Pitney Butte, Egypt, Spokane River Prospect
Related records 10072500

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.1647, 47.88015 (WGS84)
Elevation 439
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028 N 037 E 32 NENESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.1647, 47.88015

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    METALLICS, P. 269.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 20-NOV-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references