Merchen and Reed Gravel Co. 1

Past Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

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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
Links to other databases
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10152669
MRDS ID	M013585
MAS/MILS ID	0410110191
Record type	Site
Current site name	Merchen and Reed Gravel Co. 1
Alternate or previous names	Merchen and Reed Gravel Co1
Related records	10032251

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Pit
Geographic coordinates:	-124.08148, 42.87341 (WGS84)
Elevation	73
Location accuracy	100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	031 S	012 W	24	NENWNW	Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1)	-124.08148, 42.87341	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

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410110191
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M013585	MAS references MRDS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	25-JUN-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)

Status	Abandoned since 04/28/2011
MSHA mine ID	3501017
Mine name (MSHA)	Merchen & Reed Gr. Co., Inc.
Current operator	Merchem & Reed Gr. Co., Inc.
Current controller (parent)	Ramsey Bushnell; Mitch Bushnell; Mickey Bushnell
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1300 m, 0.80 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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