Onion Creek Kyanite

Occurrence in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodity Kyanite
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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10253989
MAS/MILS ID 0530650536
Record type Site
Current site name Onion Creek Kyanite
Alternate or previous names Onion Creek, Galena Farm Mine Road Kyanite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.79251, 48.73125 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gillette Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Colville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sandpoint(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(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 037 N 040 E 05 SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kyanite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.79251, 48.73125

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WASHINGTON STATE BULLETIN NUMBER 37 PART 1, VOLUME 1, PAGE

  • Deposit

    ON GALENA FARM ROAD NEAR HEAD OF ONION CREEK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-JUN-1991 West, B.J. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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