La Grande

Past Producer in Pierce county in Washington, United States with commodity Fire Clay (Refractory)
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10277374
MAS/MILS ID 0530530002
Record type Site
Current site name La Grande

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.30951, 46.84151 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eatonville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Centralia(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nisqually(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Pierce

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016 N 004 E 28 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fire Clay (Refractory) Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.30951, 46.84151

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 24.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS EXPOSED IN CUTS ALONG THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL & PACIFIC RAIL ROAD 1/2 MILE NORTH OF LA GRANDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-SEP-1993 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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