Coulee Chief

Prospect in Douglas 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10130888
MAS/MILS ID 0530170126
Record type Site
Current site name Coulee Chief

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -119.62944, 47.48593 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sagebrush Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moses Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Moses Coulee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 023 N 025 E 24 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -119.62944, 47.48593

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Date of Last Modification 940706

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEDIMENTARY INTERBEDS IN COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Basic Resources Corp.
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY AND GULICK, 1994, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY -

  • Deposit

    1993: WA GEOL. VOL. 22, NO. 1, P. 13.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WORK CONSISTS OF MINE PLANNING AND ENGINEERING 1993.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-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.