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Medical Lake, County Quarry + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Washington Monument & Cut Stone Co. + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Fish Lake Pegmatite (Occurrence)Fish Lake + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Jansen Iron Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Little Spokane River Quarry (Past Producer)Jordan Ranch (Occurrence)Denison (Occurrence)McKinley (Prospect)Dartford (Occurrence)Mead Reduction Plant (Producer)Moran Prairie Silica Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Schaefer (Occurrence)Milan (Occurrence)Milan (Occurrence)Mead (Past Producer)Spokane Silica Sand Deposit (Occurrence)Heidenreich Pit (Past Producer)Silver Hill + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Silver Hill + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Schaefer (Occurrence)Dawn + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Dishman + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Tower Mountain (Occurrence)Dawn Uranium & Oil (Prospect)Bear Creek Prospect (Occurrence)Deadman Creek (Prospect)Chester Pegmatite (Occurrence)Excelsior Clay Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Stapleton (Prospect)Graham (Prospect)Dahl + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)C. I. Smith + 8 more nearby (Occurrence)Smith + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Gladding, Mcbean Silica Quarry (Past Producer)Sumers Clay Pit (Past Producer)Mica Area (Prospect)Freeman-Mica Area (Prospect)Elk-Mica Silica Depoist (Unknown)Miner (Occurrence)Elk Uranium (Unknown)Thompson + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)Anaconda Uranium + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Fairfield Quarry (Past Producer)Section 21 + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Mudhile Exploration, Inc. (Prospect)Greenland Prospect (Prospect)Mica Peak (Occurrence)Glander (Occurrence)Quartz Mountain (Past Producer)Moab Quarry (Past Producer)Sheep Mountain Graphite (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
52 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Silver Hill

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Silver) and 2 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 1 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Tin, Tungsten. Minerals mentioned: Silver, Scheelite. Approx. location 47.560, -117.327. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

45
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

19
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

17
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

2
Unknown

Status not recorded.

1
Producer

Was producing when the record was made.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Cassiterite 2Scheelite 2Wolframite 2Clay 1Ilmenite 1

Commodities

Uranium 37Silica 9Granite 8Aluminum 5Tin 4Tungsten 4Mica 4Feldspar 3Silver 2Lead 2

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Silver HillTin, TungstenCassiterite, Scheelite, WolframiteOccurrence47.548, -117.338
Silver HillTin, TungstenCassiterite, Scheelite, WolframitePast Producer47.560, -117.327
Excelsior Clay DepositTitanium, MetalClay, IlmeniteOccurrence47.550, -117.251
C. I. SmithUranium—Occurrence47.923, -117.187
DahlUranium, Thorium—Occurrence47.953, -117.188
DaybreakUranium—Occurrence47.944, -117.198
Herem-MooreUranium—Occurrence47.948, -117.209
HuffmanUranium—Occurrence47.950, -117.181
Silver HillTin, Tungsten, Silver, Lead—Occurrence47.559, -117.327
Mt Spokane Area Daybreak MineUranium—Occurrence47.950, -117.201
Silver HillTungsten, Tin—Occurrence47.550, -117.318
Dahl Ranch-Daybreak MineUranium—Occurrence47.950, -117.201
DawnUranium—Occurrence47.933, -117.284
Fish LakeGemstone—Occurrence47.525, -117.513
Elk UraniumUranium—Unknown47.952, -117.150
Gladding, Mcbean Silica QuarrySilica—Past Producer47.842, -117.210
Anaconda UraniumUranium—Occurrence47.868, -117.168
Dawn Uranium & OilUranium—Prospect47.980, -117.220
Jansen Iron ProspectIron—Occurrence48.025, -117.471
MilanAluminum—Occurrence47.956, -117.337
North Star Uranium PropertyUranium—Past Producer47.950, -117.181
MinerUranium—Occurrence47.985, -117.162
Fish LakeSlate, Dimension—Past Producer47.521, -117.529
Spokane Silica Sand DepositSilica—Occurrence47.681, -117.333
Sheep Mountain GraphiteGraphite—Occurrence47.576, -117.083
SchaeferUranium—Occurrence47.980, -117.317
MeadSilica—Past Producer47.750, -117.315
Little Spokane River QuarryGranite—Past Producer47.797, -117.486
Section 21Uranium—Occurrence47.913, -117.119
ThompsonUranium—Occurrence47.923, -117.155
Heidenreich Pit——Past Producer47.662, -117.334
Quartz MountainSilica—Past Producer47.885, -117.083
Fish Lake PegmatiteFeldspar—Occurrence47.534, -117.517
DishmanSilica—Occurrence47.647, -117.279
MilanDiatomite—Occurrence47.931, -117.314
Medical Lake, County QuarryGranite—Past Producer47.583, -117.689
Mica PeakFeldspar—Occurrence47.573, -117.102
Morning Sun UraniumUranium—Occurrence47.943, -117.182
Columbia EnterprisesUranium—Prospect47.947, -117.181
MinerUranium—Occurrence47.969, -117.181

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 5 fossil collection records in Spokane County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Lincoln County · Ferry County · Stevens County · Pend Oreille County · Whitman County

Washington mineral guides

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Related articles

How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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