Merritt

Past Producer in Chelan county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silica
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 10252837
MRDS ID W017899
MAS/MILS ID 0530070488
Record type Site
Current site name Merritt
Alternate or previous names Smith

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.87899, 47.78262 (WGS84)
Elevation 731
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Chelan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Howard(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Chelan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wenatchee(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Okanogan-Wenatchee 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 Chelan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 026 N 016 E 05 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Tertiary
Silica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.87899, 47.78262

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCED 98% SILICA FOR FURNACE FLUX AND GLASS. SMALL AMOUNT DISSEMINATED MOLYBDENUM PRESENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA ST BULL 37,P 268,METALLICS

  • Deposit

    WA DIV MINES RI 9, P. 56.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-SEP-1994 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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