Dell Avenue Pit

Producer in Walla Walla 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 10228611
MAS/MILS ID 0530710040
Record type Site
Current site name Dell Avenue Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.35467, 46.06655 (WGS84)
Elevation 277

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Walla Walla(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Walla Walla(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Walla Walla(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walla Walla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Walla Walla(hydrologic unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Walla Walla

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007 N 036 E 19 SWSE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Alluvium

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Leach
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Jones-Scott Co.
    ID 4500645
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NONMETALLICS, P. 119.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. INFO. CIRC. 48, 1973, P. 53.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/01/1979
MSHA mine ID4500645
Mine name (MSHA)Dell Avenue Pit
Current operatorJones Scott Company
Current controller (parent)Jack M Morrison
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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