Secs. 20 and 17 Deposit

Occurrence in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Diatomite
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155765
MAS/MILS ID 0530370215
Record type Site
Current site name Secs. 20 and 17 Deposit
Alternate or previous names Secs 20 and 17 Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.34505, 46.78313 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Badger Gap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Yakima(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

DOD(Federal land areas administered by DOD)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015 N 020 E 17 SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS REPORTED IN THE SE/4 SEC. 17 AND THE N/2 NE/4 SEC. 20; THIS RECORD IS PLOTTED IN THE SE/4 SEC. 17.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.34505, 46.78313

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 37.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-NOV-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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