Unnamed Pit

Past Producer in Grant 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 10156178
MAS/MILS ID 0530250101
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit
Alternate or previous names Olson Sand and Gravel, Olson Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.53533, 47.30203 (WGS84)
Elevation 399
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ephrata(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Moses Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crab(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 021 N 026 E 22 NESE Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.53533, 47.30203

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 Operator
    Owner Olson Sand And Gravel
    ID 4500623
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960
  • Type Operator
    Owner Elmer E. Olson, Inc.
    ID 4500623
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner Columbia Concrete Products
    ID 4500623
    Home office Washington
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 103.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. IC 48, 1973, P. 47.

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-DEC-92 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 02/04/1986
MSHA mine ID4500623
Mine name (MSHA)Elmer E Olson Pit
Current operatorColumbia River Concrete
Current controller (parent)Goodfellow Brothers LLC
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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