Lion Gulch

Past Producer in Kittitas county in Washington, United States with commodity Flagstone
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 10301775
MAS/MILS ID 0530370226
Record type Site
Current site name Lion Gulch
Alternate or previous names Kirsch

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.64927, 47.29652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1084
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kittitas(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Liberty(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wenatchee(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Yakima(hydrologic unit)

Yakima(hydrologic accounting unit)

Yakima(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 Kittitas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021 N 017 E 24 SESWNE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Flagstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.64927, 47.29652

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 45, 129.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED LIGHT GREENISH FLAGGY SANDSTONE. MINABLE ZONE 2 TO 8 FT. THICK. WORKING FACE IS ABOUT 100 FT LONG. ADJOINING ROCK IS MASSIVE SANDSTONE AND PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE. SITE ALSO LISTED AS A GEMSTONE LOCALITY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-APR-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.