Watters Quarry

Producer in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274014
MRDS ID OR04546
MAS/MILS ID 0410090042
Record type Site
Current site name Watters Quarry
Alternate or previous names Columbia Quarry, Waters Concrete Products, Inc., Watters Quarry & Mill
Related records 10052309

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.8229, 45.8662 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Saint Helens(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Clatskanie(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Columbia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 005 N 001 W 33 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -122.8229, 45.8662

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Watters Concrete Products, Inc.
    ID 3500138
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. SPECIAL PAPER 3, 1978,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 2, NOS. 69, 70, 71.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 05-0018

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-MAY-93 Ridenour, James 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 08/05/2003
MSHA mine ID3500138
Mine name (MSHA)WATTERS PIT
Current operatorMorse Brothers Inc
Current controller (parent)Knife River 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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