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Durkee Quarry and Plant

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  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 10274314
MRDS ID M014460
MAS/MILS ID 0410010501
Record type Site
Current site name Durkee Quarry and Plant
Related records 10032746

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.43242, 44.53176 (WGS84)
Elevation 1097

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durkee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012 S 043 E 10 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ADDRESS: OREGON PORTLAND CEMENT CO. DURKEE, OREGON 97905 TELEPHONE (503) 877-2344 MID FOR QUARRY; 3500052, MID FOR PLANT; 3502970.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.43242, 44.53176
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oregon Portland Cement Co.
    ID 3500052
    Home office Oregon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, 1954, V. 16, NO. 7, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MAP GMS-3, 1967.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-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 02/06/1989
MSHA mine ID3500052
Mine name (MSHA)Durkee Cement Plant
Current operatorAsh Grove Cement West Inc
Current controller (parent)Ash Grove Cement Company
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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