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Ashland Granite Quarry

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042896
MRDS ID M061183
Record type Site
Current site name Ashland Granite Quarry
Alternate or previous names Blair
Related records 10128788, 10201309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.64835, 42.12094 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ashland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 001E 01 SW OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 119800 TO 14900 LBS PER SQ. INCH CRUSHING STRENGTH

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Ashland Pluton
    Rock description Ashland Pluton
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.64835, 42.12094
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ashland

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO QUARRIES, ONE 50 FT. ACROSS WITH A 50 FT FACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1943, ODGMI BULL. 14-C, VOL. 2, SEC 2, P.22

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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