Peterson Pit

Producer in Clatsop county in Oregon, 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 10152971
MRDS ID OR01077
MAS/MILS ID 0410070040
Record type Site
Current site name Peterson Pit
Alternate or previous names Bud Darling
Related records 10050935

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.92954, 45.95619 (WGS84)
Elevation 9
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clatsop(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tillamook Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nehalem River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Necanicum(hydrologic unit)

Northern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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
Willamette 006 N 010 W 33 C S2S2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.92954, 45.95619

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 Unknown
    Owner Cavenham Forest Industries, Inc.
    ID 3500845
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 04-0032

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) 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 09/10/1979
MSHA mine ID3500845
Mine name (MSHA)Peterson Point Rock
Current operatorSeacoast Nursery Construction Company
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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