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Oregon Portland Cement Co. Quarry

Past Producer in Douglas 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036417
MRDS ID M025209
Record type Site
Current site name Oregon Portland Cement Co. Quarry
Related records 10274604

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.30838, 43.11454 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Douglas(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Myrtle Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Umpqua(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 Douglas

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 028S 005W 29 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Analytical data

Result 97-98% CACO3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Otter Point
    Rock description Otter Point
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.30838, 43.11454
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENSOID

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1935

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oregon Portland Cement Co.
    First year 1935

Comments on the production information

  • LIMESTONE WAS MINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND TRANSPORTED X BY RAIL VIA A 4 MILE SPUR TO THE PROPERTY. IDLE SINCE 1935

Comments on the workings information

  • MINED BY GLORY HOLE AND UNDER X GROUND METHODS LIMESTONE WAS MINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND TRANSPORTED X BY RAIL VIA A 4 MILE SPUR TO THE PROPERTY. IDLE SINCE 1935

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: FAULTING AND INTERBEDDED CHERT RESULTED IN HIGH MINING COSTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1972, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF DOUGLAS COUNTY; OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 75, P. 84

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LARGE LENS OF STEEPLY DIPPING X LIMESTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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