Wenatchee Clay Mine

Past Producer in Douglas county in Washington, United States with commodities Aluminum, Clay

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10301961
MAS/MILS ID	0530170010
Record type	Site
Current site name	Wenatchee Clay Mine
Alternate or previous names	Wenatchee Clay-Shale Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Pit
Geographic coordinates:	-120.29476, 47.47293 (WGS84)
Elevation	329
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	023 N	020 E	23	E2NW	Washington

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Aluminum Critical	Tertiary
Clay	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1)	-120.29476, 47.47293	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Both
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Operator

Owner Gladding-Mc Bean And Co.

Home office Washington

Year 1960

Type	Operator
Owner	Gladding-Mc Bean And Co.
Home office	Washington
Year	1960

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0530170010

Bibliographic references

Deposit

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

NONMETALLICS, P. 25.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	ALSO IN SEC. 26 AND SW/4 SE/4 SEC. 14. SEE MPF IN MAS SEQ NO. 0530070676 FOR DATA REGARDING HI-ALUMINA CLAYS AND SHALES.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	10-DEC-93	Ridenour, James	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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