The Frick Tungsten is a zinc mine located in Pend Oreille county, Washington at an elevation of 3,100 feet.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Elevation: 3,100 Feet (945 Meters)
Commodity: Zinc
Lat, Long: 48.7914, -117.27440
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Frick Tungsten MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Frick Tungsten
Secondary: Little Noisy Mine: Dmea-2894
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Tungsten
Location
State: Washington
County: Pend Oreille
District: Newport
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: I. E. Boswick Ione
Home Office: Washington
Info Year: 1973
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 370.
Reference (Deposit): WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,
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