Matheson Pit

Producer in Benton 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 10301297
MAS/MILS ID 0530050079
Record type Site
Current site name Matheson Pit
Alternate or previous names Matheson Sand & Gravel Co

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.0922, 46.19064 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Benton(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pasco(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Richland(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Walla Walla(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Columbia-Priest Rapids(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Benton

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008 N 030 E 08 W2 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 2 MILES EAST AND SOUTH OF KENNEWICK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Glaciolacustrine deposits

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Matheson Sand And Gravel Co.
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    INFORMATION CIRCULAR NO. 48, 1973, P. 56.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    NONMETALLIC MINERALS, P. 98.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1992 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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