Bald Butte

Occurrence in Whitman county in Washington, United States with commodities Corundum, Gemstone
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228364
MAS/MILS ID 0530750059
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Butte

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.07934, 46.61596 (WGS84)
Elevation 926

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whitman(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Uniontown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whitman

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013 N 046 E 18 NWNWNW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Corundum Primary
Gemstone Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.07934, 46.61596

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NONMETALLICS, P. 132.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-1993 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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