Black Cat Pit

Producer in Canyon county in Idaho, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

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
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10144007
MAS/MILS ID	0160270087
Record type	Site
Current site name	Black Cat Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Trench
Geographic coordinates:	-116.39097, 43.61068 (WGS84)
Elevation	792
Location accuracy	500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ada(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meridian(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Boise(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Idaho	Canyon

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Boise	003 N	001 E	07	NWSW	Idaho

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1)	-116.39097, 43.61068	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category	Unknown

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0160270087

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MESA

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	14-NOV-1983	Western Field Operations Center (WFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

Status	Abandoned since 12/02/2021
MSHA mine ID	1000365
Mine name (MSHA)	Black Cat Pit
Current operator	C. Wright Construction Co Inc
Current controller (parent)	Jerry D Wright
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (175 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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