Western Pit

Past Producer in Grant county in Washington, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155535
MAS/MILS ID 0530250217
Record type Site
Current site name Western Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.35143, 47.18794 (WGS84)
Elevation 353
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moses Lake North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moses Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crab(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 N 028 E 31 SWNWNE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.35143, 47.18794

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 Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Western Excavating And Landscaping, Inc.
    ID 4502592
    Home office Washington
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE FILE REFERENCE, OCTOBER, 1978.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-DEC-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/19/1989
MSHA mine ID4502592
Mine name (MSHA)Airmans Beech Pit
Current operatorSunbelt Construction Inc
Current controller (parent)C A Marchand
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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