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Sumers Clay Pit

Past Producer in Spokane county in Washington, United States with commodity Kaolin
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  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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10228919
MAS/MILS ID 0530630413
Record type Site
Current site name Sumers Clay Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.20687, 47.62346 (WGS84)
Elevation 620
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Spokane(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Freeman(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Spokane(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Spokane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 025 N 044 E 35 SWSWNE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Kaolin Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.20687, 47.62346
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Quarry Tile Co.
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DERKEY AND GULICK, 1994, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY -

  • Deposit

    1993: WA GEOL. VOL. 22, NO. 1, P. 12.

  • Deposit

    DERKEY AND GULICK, 1993, WASHINGTON'S MINERAL INDUSTRY -

  • Deposit

    1992: WA GEOL., VOL. 21, NO. 1, P. 15, 29.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERA WHITE CLAY USED TO MAKE CERMAIC FLOOR TILES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUL-94 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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