Elma Pit

Past Producer in Grays Harbor county in Washington, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

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
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10277344
MAS/MILS ID	0530270090
Record type	Site
Current site name	Elma Pit
Alternate or previous names	N P Ry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Pit
Geographic coordinates:	-123.37905, 47.01789 (WGS84)
Location accuracy	1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grays Harbor(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elma(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Shelton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seattle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Chehalis(hydrologic unit)

Washington Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Washington	Grays Harbor

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	018 N	006 W	25		Washington

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1)	-123.37905, 47.01789	ListMap

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 Northern Pacific Railroad

Home office Washington

Year 1960

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Northern Pacific Railroad
Home office	Washington
Year	1960

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0530270090

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULLETIN 36, 1960, PART I, VOL. 1,
Deposit

P. 104.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	13-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)

Status	Abandoned since 10/22/2007
MSHA mine ID	4503132
Mine name (MSHA)	Elma Pit
Current operator	Cowlitz Sand & Gravel Inc
Current controller (parent)	Kim Mickelson
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1867 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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