Satellite Quarry

Past Producer in Washington 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 10128421
MRDS ID OR03886
MAS/MILS ID 0410670100
Record type Site
Current site name Satellite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Satellite Pit
Related records 10051966

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.20401, 45.6348 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buxton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Nehalem River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Tualatin(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Washington

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 002 N 004 W 29 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCATION:4 MI. WEST OF BANKS ON HWY. 6; TURN RIGHT ON CEDAR CANYON RD., 2 MI. TO PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.20401, 45.6348

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 Owner-Operator
    Owner Vanaken Rock Products, Inc.
    ID 3500051
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-SEP-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 07/16/2001
MSHA mine ID3500051
Mine name (MSHA)SATELLITE QUARRY
Current operatorVanaken Rock Products Inc
Current controller (parent)Larry Vanaken; Gary Vanaken
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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