Banks Lake Pit

Producer in Grant county in Washington, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277115
MAS/MILS ID 0530250222
Record type Site
Current site name Banks Lake Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.03783, 47.92314 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Electric City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Banks Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Banks Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USBR(Federal land areas administered by USBR)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028 N 030 E 15 SWNWSW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • ON EAST SIDE OF BANKS LAKE .5 MILES OFF HIGHWAY #155.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.03783, 47.92314

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wilder Construction Co., Inc.
    ID 4502820
    Home office Washington
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED JULY 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 08/29/1980
MSHA mine ID4502820
Mine name (MSHA)Banks Lake Pit
Current operatorWilder Construction Company
Current controller (parent)Donald M March
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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