Mammoth Lead Mine
Metaline Falls, Washington
48.8779°N 117.3608°W
Mine Overview
The Mammoth Lead Mine is near Metaline Falls, Washington. Historically the site has been associated with the Metaline Mining District which is now part of the Colville National Forest. The Mammoth Lead Mine is a underground mining operation. The ore mined is composed of sphalerite. The Northern Rocky Mountains physiographic province of the Rocky Mountain System characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.
Mammoth Lead Mine Near Metaline Falls, Washington
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Owner Name and Address
F. Guye
Commodities
Additional textual information about a site or mine.
- Commodity Type Importance
- Lead Metallic Primary
- Silver Metallic Primary
- Zinc Metallic Secondary
Location Info
- Pend Oreille , Washington County / State
- Continent Country State County
- North America The United States Washington Pend Oreille
Physiography
Physiographic area where the resource is found.
- Division Province? Section
- Rocky Mountain System Northern Rocky Mountains -
Nearby Deposits
Other deposits in the same region.
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Josephine Cadmium Occurrence
- Cadmium commodity Site type Occurrence status
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- Surface And Underground
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Nearby Places
- Metaline Falls (1.09 miles away)
- Metaline (2.31 miles away)
- Ione (9.78 miles away)
- Leadpoint (10.52 miles away)
- Tiger (13.03 miles away)
- Lost Creek (18.53 miles away)
Nearby Mining Districts
- Metaline Mining District (0 miles away)
- Northport Mining District (4.72 miles away)
Nearby Lands
- Colville National Forest (0 miles away)
- Salmo-Priest Wilderness (3.57 miles away)
Footnotes
* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.
** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.
1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.
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Notes
NOTE: ELEVATION FIGURE GIVEN IN REFERENCE DOES NOT AGREE WITH PUBLISHED LOCATION ON MAP.; 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1967 EDITION.
NOTE: THE BOUNDARY DAM 7. 5-MIN. TOPO MAP SHOWS THE MORNING MINE IN THE SW/4 NE/4 SW/4 SECTION 15; HUNTTING (1956, P. 228) REPORTS THE MINE IN THE NW/4 SW/4 SECTION 15. THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED AS SHOWN ON THE TOPO MAP.