Old Fort Spokane

Occurrence in Lincoln county in Washington, United States with commodity Clay
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277552
MAS/MILS ID 0530430034
Record type Site
Current site name Old Fort Spokane

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.30111, 47.92765 (WGS84)
Elevation 420
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fort Spokane(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BIA(Federal land areas administered by BIA)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028 N 036 E 20 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT LOCATED ALONG SOUTH BANK OF SPOKANE RIVER. CLAY WAS HIGH IN ALUMINA. CLAY MAINLY GLACIAL SILT OVERLAIN BY SAND AND GRAVEL 10 TO 100 FT THICK. PROPERTY PRIVATE AT TIME OF EXAMINATION, BUT PROBABLY PART OF PARK LANDS IN 1995.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.30111, 47.92765

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WFOC PROPERTY FILES

  • Deposit

    NONMETALLICS, P. 40.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-MAY-95 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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