Brett Pit

Past Producer in Okanogan 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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10204493
MAS/MILS ID 0530470880
Record type Site
Current site name Brett Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.95535, 48.97204 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Okanogan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckhorn Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Colville National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Okanogan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 029 N 031 E 31 E2SENE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.95535, 48.97204

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITED REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.

  • Deposit

    GRAND COULEE DAM 7.5-MIN. TOPO MAP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PIT ORIGINALLY PROVIDED SAND AND GRAVEL FOR BUILDING GRAND COULEE DAM IS NOW A LANDFILL. SUSPECTED DRINKING WATER, GROUNDWATER, SEDIMENT, AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION: HALOGENATED ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; EPA PRIORITY POLLUTANTS (METALS AND CYANIDE); OTHER NON-PRIORITY METALS; POLYCHLORINATED BYPHENYLS (PCBS); PESTICIDES; PETROLEUM PRODUCTS; NON-HALOGENATED SOLVENTS; CONVENTIONAL ORGANIC AND INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS. STATUS: RANKED, AWAITING REMEDIAL ACTION (RA).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-1994 O'Brien, Mary Ann U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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