Conlan Pit

Past Producer in Spokane 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. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10301763
MAS/MILS ID 0530630130
Record type Site
Current site name Conlan Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.22277, 47.57596 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spokane(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Freeman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hangman(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Spokane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 024 N 044 E 15 NE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.22277, 47.57596

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 Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 26.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL PITS IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA THAT WAS USED BY SPOKANE COUNTY AS THE MICA LANDFILL. THE PIT HAS BEEN FILLED IN WITH REFUSE AND SOIL, AND RECLAIMED. AS OF 1992, THE AREA IS STILL WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT VEGETATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-DEC-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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