Laidlaw Butte Pit

Producer in Deschutes county in Oregon, United States with commodity Pumice
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 10200894
MRDS ID OR05515
MAS/MILS ID 0410170088
Record type Site
Current site name Laidlaw Butte Pit
Alternate or previous names Tumalo Pit
Related records 10052718

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -121.35923, 44.14843 (WGS84)
Elevation 991
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Deschutes(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tumalo(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Deschutes(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Deschutes

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016 S 011 E 36 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • FIVE MILES NORTH OF BEND TO BEND AGGREGATES PLANT, LEFT AT THE PLANT, THEN GO ONE MILE TO PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -121.35923, 44.14843

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status 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 Cascade Pumice Co.
    ID 3503008
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 09-0009

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-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)

StatusAbandoned since 07/20/2000
MSHA mine ID3503008
Mine name (MSHA)#1 CRUSHER
Current operatorDeschutes Ready-Mix Sand & Gravel Company
Current controller (parent)Eric W Coats
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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