Empire Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Spokane county in Washington, United States with commodities Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite
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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10253342
MAS/MILS ID 0530630154
Record type Site
Current site name Empire Granite Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.28107, 47.64986 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
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

Spokane NE(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 20 C W2W2 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silica Tertiary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Tertiary
Granite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.28107, 47.64986

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
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

    P. 48.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE: AS OF 1992, THIS ABANDONED QUARRY IS THE SITE OF A LANDSCAPE BARK SALES OPERATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-DEC-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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