Cle Elum Pit

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10180207
MAS/MILS ID 0530370020
Record type Site
Current site name Cle Elum Pit
Alternate or previous names Milwaukee Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.97088, 47.17902 (WGS84)
Elevation 603
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cle Elum(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 N 015 E 33 SE Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT: FROM S CLE ELUM, GO S ON 4TH ST, THEN TURN W ON MADISON, GO 2 BLOCKS, TURN LEFT 1 BLOCK, THEN W ON MILWAUKEE AVE, FOLLOW RAILROAD TO PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul And Pacific R. R.
    ID 4502458
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cresto And Lamphere
    ID 4502458
    Home office Washington
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 108.

  • Deposit

    MSHA RPT DATED APRIL 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-NOV-1993 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 06/02/1981
MSHA mine ID4502458
Mine name (MSHA)Milwaukie Pit
Current operatorCresto & Lanphere Inc
Current controller (parent)Robert Lanphere
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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