Blue Mountain Pass Quarry

Past Producer in Malheur 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10128910
MRDS ID OR03088
MAS/MILS ID 0410450092
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mountain Pass Quarry
Alternate or previous names Blue Mountain Pass Pit
Related records 10051495

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.81789, 42.31237 (WGS84)
Elevation 1585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blue Mountain Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Louse Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crooked-Rattlesnake(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 042 E 32 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.81789, 42.31237

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 Continental Crushing And Leasing Inc.
    ID 3502977
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NINE MILES SOUTH BASQUE STATION,OREGON. THE FINISHED PRODUCT WAS BEING TRUCKED TO BASQUE STATION BY FOUR BELLY DUMP TRUCK TRAILER HAULAGE UNITS TO A STOCK PILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-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 07/18/1980
MSHA mine ID3502977
Mine name (MSHA)Blue Mountain Pass Pit
Current operatorContinental Crushing & Leasing
Current controller (parent)Leo Casey
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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