Drake Pit

Past Producer in Clatsop county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10051023
MRDS ID	OR01204
Record type	Site
Current site name	Drake Pit
Related records	10225714

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-123.78957, 46.06507 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clatsop(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Astoria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Clatsop

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
	07N	09W	27	NE OF NW	Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Stone	Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-123.78957, 46.06507	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Ownership information

Type Owner

Owner Cavenham Forest Industries

Type	Owner
Owner	Cavenham Forest Industries

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	OR01204
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410070048

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES MINE LAND RECLAMATION RECORDS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	04-JAN-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

Status	Active since 05/21/2019
MSHA mine ID	3503823
Mine name (MSHA)	Drake Pit
Current operator	Big River Excavating
Current controller (parent)	Mike Sarin
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (406 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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