Merchen & Reed Gravel Co 1

Past Producer in Coos county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032251
MRDS ID	M013585
Record type	Site
Current site name	Merchen & Reed Gravel Co 1
Related records	10152669

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-124.08035, 42.87342 (WGS84)
Relative position	NW1/4 NW1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Coos(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

China Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Port Orford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Coquille(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Coos

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	031S	012W	24	NW OF NW	Oregon

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-124.08035, 42.87342	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M013585
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410110191

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1974	Lee, W	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

Status	Abandoned since 04/28/2011
MSHA mine ID	3501017
Mine name (MSHA)	Merchen & Reed Gr. Co., Inc.
Current operator	Merchem & Reed Gr. Co., Inc.
Current controller (parent)	Ramsey Bushnell; Mitch Bushnell; Mickey Bushnell
Mine type	Surface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (1252 m, 0.80 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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