Schmidt Quarry

Past Producer in Skamania county in Washington, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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 10179965
MAS/MILS ID 0530590126
Record type Site
Current site name Schmidt Quarry
Alternate or previous names Cape Horn Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.18868, 45.58621 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Skamania(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bridal Veil(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Sandy(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Skamania

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 001 N 005 E 09 S2SENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.18868, 45.58621

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner George Schmid And Sons
    ID 4502490
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. INFO. CIRC. 48, 1973, P. 34.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-92 Ridenour, James 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)

StatusAbandoned since 09/08/1980
MSHA mine ID4502490
Mine name (MSHA)Cape Horn Pit
Current operatorSchmid & Sons
Current controller (parent)Emma Schmid
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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