Deer Island

Producer in Columbia county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176682
MRDS ID OR01163
MAS/MILS ID 0410090145
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Island
Alternate or previous names Deer Island Sand & Gravel Pit & Plt
Related records 10050992

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -122.86951, 45.9859 (WGS84)
Elevation 12
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deer Island(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Vancouver(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Columbia-Clatskanie(hydrologic unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Columbia

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006 N 002 W 24 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH SIDE OF DEER ISLAND ON HGHWY #30; VISIBLE FROM HGHWY; WATCH FOR SIGN ON RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) Lacustrine and fluvial sedimentary rocks

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Deer Island Sand And Gravel Co.
    ID 3502885
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-JUN-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 11/10/2004
MSHA mine ID3502885
Mine name (MSHA)DEER ISLAND PLANT
Current operatorMorse Brothers Inc
Current controller (parent)Knife River Corporation
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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