Steilacoom Pit & Plant

Producer in Pierce 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10252977
MAS/MILS ID 0530530115
Record type Site
Current site name Steilacoom Pit & Plant

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.57623, 47.199 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Pierce(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steilacoom(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tacoma(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Puget Sound(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 020 N 002 E 20 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • PIT EXTENDS INTO SEC. 29.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.57623, 47.199

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pioneer Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 4500675
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Glacier Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 4500675
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lone Star Industries, Inc.
    ID 4500675
    Home office Washington
    Year 1983

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 113, 127.

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-93 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 12/30/2003
MSHA mine ID4500675
Mine name (MSHA)Steilacoom Pit
Current operatorGlacier Northwest
Current controller (parent)Taiheiyo Cement Corp
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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