Lopez Sand and Gravel Pit

Past Producer in San Juan 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 10131618
MAS/MILS ID 0530550060
Record type Site
Current site name Lopez Sand and Gravel Pit
Alternate or previous names Lopez Sand and Gravel

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.93487, 48.4942 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

San Juan(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richardson(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Townsend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

San Juan Islands(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington San Juan

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 035 N 002 W 28 SESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.93487, 48.4942

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lopez Sand And Gravel
    ID 4502403
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DIRECTORY OF WASH MINING OPERATIONS, IC 48, 1973, P. 54.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JAN-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 09/13/1993
MSHA mine ID4502403
Mine name (MSHA)Lopez Sand & Gravel Pit
Current operatorLopez Sand & Gravel
Current controller (parent)Buffum M R Jr & Gary
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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