Miles Pit

Past Producer in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128334
MRDS ID OR03664
MAS/MILS ID 0410370095
Record type Site
Current site name Miles Pit
Related records 10051827

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.74279, 43.24124 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christmas Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Christmas Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Summer Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027 S 017 E 07 S2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT: 5 MILES WEST OF CHRISTMAS VALLEY, OR, ON FORT ROCK HIGHWAY.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.74279, 43.24124

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Southern Oregon Rock
    ID 3502589
    Home office Oregon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-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 06/22/1981
MSHA mine ID3502589
Mine name (MSHA)Miles Pit
Current operatorSouthern Oregon Rock Company
Current controller (parent)Southern Oregon Aggregate Inc
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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