Unnamed Pit

Past Producer in Harney 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10176981
MRDS ID OR05931
MAS/MILS ID 0410250264
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Pit
Related records 10053079

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.66492, 42.29407 (WGS84)
Elevation 1272
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

Fields(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alvord Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 033 E 30 NESESE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.66492, 42.29407

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Date of Last Modification 950717

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Harney County Road 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-13-0007

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GRAVEL PIT ESTIMATED 500 BY 100 BY 6 FT DEEP. NO SIGN OF RECENT ACTIVITY..NEARBY AREA USED FOR CRUSHED BASALT STOCKPILING. MOST GRAVEL LESS THAN 1 IN.

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.