Durkee Quarry

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032746
MRDS ID M014460
Record type Site
Current site name Durkee Quarry
Related records 10274314

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.39741, 44.53792 (WGS84)
Relative position 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DURKEE.

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)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 043E 15;10 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH CALCIUM LIMESTONE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Nelson Marble
    Rock description Nelson Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.39741, 44.53792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N65E
    Dip 63NW
    Thickness 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1954

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ash Grove Cement West Co. (Oregon Portland Cement)

Comments on the production information

  • CUMULATIVE PRODUCTION DURING 1954-1979 TOTALS SEVERAL MILLION TONS.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 331.854HA

Comments on development

  • MILL$: 38 ; ECON.COM: NEW CEMENT PLANT BEGAN OPERATION IN LATE 1979 (OREGON PORTLAND CEMENT CO.) ; MILL.CAP : 450

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BINE, 1954, BAKER COUNTY LATEST LIMESTONE PRODUCER: ODGMI, V. 16, NO. 7, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    PROSTKA, HAROLD J., 1967, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE DURKEE QUADRANGLE, OREGON: ODGMI MAP GMS-3.

  • Deposit

    GEITGEY, R.P., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS IN OREGON, IN GEITGEY, R.P., AND GOVT, B.F., EDS., INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES SPECIAL PAPER 23, P. 1-7.

  • Production

    COMPANY RECORDS AND ANNUAL REPORTS

  • Reserve-Resource

    1970 ANNUAL REPORT OREGON PORTLAND CEMENT CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER M014456 HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1992 Walker, G. W. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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