Ideal Cement Company Quarry Area

Past Producer in Stevens county in Washington, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228588
MAS/MILS ID 0530650881
Record type Site
Current site name Ideal Cement Company Quarry Area

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.01641, 48.37235 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Stevens(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wellington Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nespelem(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Colville(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Stevens

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 N 038 E 15 S2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.01641, 48.37235

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Date of Last Modification 940706

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Evans

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Ideal Cement Co.
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    YATES, R. G., 1962, LIMESTONE IN THE BOUNDARY, LEADPOINT,

  • Deposit

    SPIRIT, AND DEEP LAKE QUAD OF N. STEVENS CO., IN MILLS,

  • Deposit

    HIGH-CALCIUM LIMESTONES OF EASTERN WASHINGTON: WA DIV.

  • Deposit

    OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 48, P. 123-136.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK MOSTLY USED FOR PORTLAND CEMENT; SOME USED AS FLUX AT BUNKER HILL SMELTER, SOME FOR PAPER (CAMAS MILL); SOME FOR CHICKEN GRIT; AND FIRE PROTECTION IN ROSLY COAL MINES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-JUL-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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