Big Creek Quarry

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone
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 10054711
MRDS ID OR07807
Record type Site
Current site name Big Creek Quarry
Related records 10135536

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.85662, 44.76291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1036

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sharp Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
09S 32E 27 NW OF NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.85662, 44.76291

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Grant County Road Department

Comments on the workings information

  • 5 BENCHES; QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    MINERAL REPORT FOR EA, BIG CREEK MATERIAL SITE, GEORGE BROWN GEOLOGIST, BURNS DISTRICT OFFICE, BLM

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

  • Other Database

    BLM OR 37135 LAND PATENT NUMBER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ROCK NO GOOD. COUNTY USES PRIVATE PIT 1/4 MILE E ON COUNTY ROAD 20.
Deposit ROCK OUTCROP AND TALUS OF BASALT. TOO MUCH CLAY, DIRT, AND WEATHERED MATERIAL FOR AGGREGATE MIX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1990 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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