Orogrande Quarry

Past Producer in Clearwater county in Idaho, United States with commodity Cesium
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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10192974
MAS/MILS ID 0160350050
Record type Site
Current site name Orogrande Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -115.616, 46.55487 (WGS84)
Elevation 994
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clearwater(county)

Idaho(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Larch Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Headquarters(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper North Fork Clearwater(hydrologic unit)

Clearwater(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Idaho Clearwater

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Boise 037 N 007 E 07 NENWSE Idaho

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cesium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -115.616, 46.55487

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Clearwater National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dealtley Corp.
    ID 1001402
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE FILE REFERENCE JULY 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-MAR-1985 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 03/23/1983
MSHA mine ID1001402
Mine name (MSHA)Orogrande Quarry
Current operatorDe Atley Company Inc
Current controller (parent)Eucon Corporation
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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