Crystal Pit

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10253037
MAS/MILS ID 0530370378
Record type Site
Current site name Crystal Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.57896, 47.19422 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Reecer Canyon(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 N 018 E Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION:FROM DRY CREEK ROAD, TURN NORTH ON REECER CK. RD; GO 16.4 MI. TO ROAD #211; TURN LEFT & GO 3.5 MI; TURN RIGHT; FOLLOW ROAD TO THE PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.57896, 47.19422

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cresto And Lamphere, Inc.
    ID 4502949
    Home office Washington
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT. DATED NOV. 1981

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/29/1985
MSHA mine ID4502949
Mine name (MSHA)Forest Service-Crystal Sale Pit
Current operatorCresto & Lanphere Inc
Current controller (parent)Robert Lanphere
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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