Harris Clay Mine

Producer in King county in Washington, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10229006
MAS/MILS ID 0530330005
Record type Site
Current site name Harris Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names Harris Deposit, Blum Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.06292, 47.51701 (WGS84)
Elevation 267
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

King(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Issaquah(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lake(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington King

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024 N 006 E 32 S2S2SE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Upper Eocene volcanic rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gladding-Mc Bean And Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner North American Refractories Co., Div. Of Eltra Corp.
    Year 1990

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 23-24.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 63 1971, P. 57.

  • Deposit

    WA. GEOLOGIC NEWSLETTER, V. 18, NO. 1, MAR. 1990, P. 8, 21.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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