Griffith Pit

Prospect in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodity Pumice
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. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10300854
MAS/MILS ID 0530070162
Record type Site
Current site name Griffith Pit
Alternate or previous names Entiat Valley No. 53, Lake Creek Road D

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.51148, 47.96372 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silver Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Entiat(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(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 Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029 N 019 E 31 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.51148, 47.96372

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Entiat

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • A 60 FT SQUARE AREA WAS STRIPPED IN 1946.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MIN & GEOL REPT INV 15,P 43-44, LOCALITY 53, 53A.

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL BULL 37, PART I, V. 1, P. 86.

  • Deposit

    WASH DIV MINES & GEOL INFO CIRCULAR 16, P. 23.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-SEP-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.