Belair North Shore Pit

Past Producer in Mason 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10155912
MAS/MILS ID 0530450078
Record type Site
Current site name Belair North Shore Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.96544, 47.3987 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mason(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Wooten(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tacoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hood Canal(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Mason

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 022 N 002 W 17 NWSENW Washington

Comments on the location information

  • TURN OFF AT BELFAIR ON HIGHWAY 300 AND GO NINE MILES, PIT IS ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.96544, 47.3987

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Ace Paving Co., Inc.
    ID 4502765
    Home office Washington
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT DATED FEB. 1980.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-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 07/20/1981
MSHA mine ID4502765
Mine name (MSHA)Belair North Shore Pit
Current operatorAce Paving Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Richard N Christopherson
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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