Electric City

Prospect in Grant county in Washington, United States with commodities Beryllium, Bismuth, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155653
MAS/MILS ID 0530250143
Record type Site
Current site name Electric City
Alternate or previous names Big Four Mine, Daniels, Black-Rosauer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -119.00533, 47.93064 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Electric City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Banks Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Franklin D. Roosevelt Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028 N 030 E 14 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • REPORTED TO BE 1/2 MILE EAST OF ELECTRIC CITY, AT FOOT OF EAST WALL OF GRAND COULEE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Beryllium Critical Tertiary
Bismuth Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -119.00533, 47.93064

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Big Four Mining Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 37, 1956, PART II, VOL. 1,

  • Deposit

    P. 269.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-JUN-1994 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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