Frenchglen

Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone, Crushed/Broken
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176928
MRDS ID OR05922
MAS/MILS ID 0410250253
Record type Site
Current site name Frenchglen
Related records 10053070

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.86663, 42.99046 (WGS84)
Elevation 1248
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Krumbo Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Donner und Blitzen(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 030 S 031 E 03 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.86663, 42.99046

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 STRATIFORM
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 950717

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oregon State Highway Department
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAY, J.J., 1991, MINERAL INFORMATION LAYER FOR OREGON BY

  • Deposit

    COUNTY (MILOC) DATABASE: OREGON DEPT GEOLOGY & MINERAL

  • Deposit

    INDUSTRIES OPEN FILE REPT O-91-4. DOGAMI MLR 13-0045

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PITS - SCOREACEOUS BASALT ON EAST SIDE OF HIGHWAY WITH FRONT-END LOADER SITTING THERE (1995). MINED AREA ABOUT 100 BY 100 BY 15 FT. MINED AREA ON WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY HAS CRUSHED ROCK PILE, BUT NO RECENT MINING. EST. 10,000 CU YD MINED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUL-95 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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