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Lower Marble Canyon Quarry

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken
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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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098294
MRDS ID M014537
Record type Site
Current site name Lower Marble Canyon Quarry
Related records 10297404, 10127816

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.30323, 44.40736 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES NORTH OF HUNTINGTON.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(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 013S 044E 26 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary
Stone, Crushed/Broken Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.30323, 44.40736
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1923

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oregon Portland Cement Co.

Comments on the production information

  • LITTLE ECONOMICALLY MINEABLE CEMENT GRADE LST REMAIN

Comments on the workings information

  • LIMESTONE WAS QUARRIED AT SEVERAL SITES DURING 1923-1950; NO LIMESTONE PRODUCED SINCE 1950. CEMENT PLANT STILL ACTIVE UTILIZING LST FROM DURKEE QUARRY. LITTLE ECONOMICALLY MINEABLE CEMENT GRADE LST REMAIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1980, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE HUNTINGTON QUADRANGLE AND PART OF THE OLDS FERRY QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND MALHEUR COUNTIES, OREGON: ODGMI MAP, GMS-13

  • Production

    COMPANY RECORDS AND ANNUAL REPORTS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M014538 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Deposit ABOUT 2 SQUARE MILES OF OUTCROP AREA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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