Crook County Cinder Pit

Producer in Crook 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. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225211
MRDS ID OR05373
MAS/MILS ID 0410130087
Record type Site
Current site name Crook County Cinder Pit
Related records 10052591

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.83641, 44.29673 (WGS84)
Elevation 875
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Prineville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Prineville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bend(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015 S 016 E 05 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Pumice Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.83641, 44.29673

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crook County Road Department
    ID 3502531
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUL-1992 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 06/15/1982
MSHA mine ID3502531
Mine name (MSHA)Airport Cinder Pit
Current operatorCrook County Road Department
Current controller (parent)Crook County- Or
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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