Dry Well Community Pit

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225955
MAS/MILS ID 0410250322
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Well Community Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.99413, 42.75626 (WGS84)
Elevation 1380
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchglen(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Guano(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 032 S 032 E 31 SWSENE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.99413, 42.75626

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 BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ON TOPO MAP. VISITED IN 1995.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE ADJOINING PITS HAVE BEEN MINED (EST. 125 X 250 X 8 FT; 150 FT DIAM X 6 FT; 200 X 60 X 10 FT) AND SEVERAL AREAS HAVE BEEN SCRAPED 1 TO 2 FT DEEP. NO ACTIVITY IN RECENT YEARS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUL-95 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.