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White Elephant

Prospect in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228881
MRDS ID M056492
MAS/MILS ID 0530650169
Record type Site
Current site name White Elephant
Alternate or previous names Kettle River
Related records 10041452

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.16973, 48.94985 (WGS84)
Elevation 756
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Laurier(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville 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 Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040 N 037 E 19 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.16973, 48.94985
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Newmont Exploration, Ltd.
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BULLETIN 37,PART 2,VOLUME I,P 175;

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. GEOL. AND EARTH RESOURCES, 1990, WA. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 1, P. 10.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1991 Lowe, Nathan T. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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