Bellingham Pit

Past Producer in Whatcom 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183862
MAS/MILS ID 0530730334
Record type Site
Current site name Bellingham Pit
Alternate or previous names C. V. Wilder Company, D.L. Pullar Pit, Axton Pit, Axton Road Pit No. F-3, Axton Aggregate Gravel Pit, Laurel Pit, Abel Pit & Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.45956, 48.85121 (WGS84)
Elevation 49
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whatcom(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bellingham North(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bellingham(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Victoria(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nooksack(hydrologic unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Puget Sound(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whatcom

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039 N 003 E 20 SW Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.45956, 48.85121

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Whatcom County Road Department
    Home office Washington
    Year 1979
  • Type Operator
    Owner Doug Pullar
    Home office Washington
    Year 1984
  • Type Operator
    Owner Lawrence Pullar
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973
  • Type Operator
    Owner C. V. Wilder
    Home office Washington
    Year 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Production

    WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF ECOLOGY. CONFIRMED AND SUSPECTED

  • Production

    CONTAMINATED SITES REPORT, OCT. 13, 1993.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 119.

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. IC 48, 1973, P. 61.

  • Deposit

    SURFACE MINING BILLING DATA FILE MICROFILM APPL. NO. 010355.

  • Deposit

    SURFACE MINING BILLING DATA FILE MICROFILM APPL. NO. 010356.

  • Deposit

    SURFACE MINING BILLING DATA FILE MICROFILM APPL. NO. 010363.

  • Deposit

    SURFACE MINING BILLING DATA FILE MICROFILM APPL. NO. 010449.

  • Deposit

    SURFACE MINING BILLING DATA FILE MICROFILM APPL. NO. 010450.

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS LARGE PIT, WHICH IS REPORTED TO EXTEND INTO THE SE/4 SEC. 19, HAS BEEN OPERATED BY A NUMBER OF OPERATORS DURING PAST 30 YEARS. CONFIRMED SOIL CONTAMINATION, SUSPECTED DRINKING WATER, GROUND- WATER, AND SURFACE WATER CONTAMINATION: PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. STATUS: AWAITING ASSESSMENT BY DEPT. OF ECOLOGY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-FEB-94 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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