Alder Bluff Quarry

Past Producer in Cowlitz county in Washington, 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. 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 10179850
MAS/MILS ID 0530150159
Record type Site
Current site name Alder Bluff Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.02342, 46.1742 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 5000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cowlitz(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coal Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Astoria(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hoquiam(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 Washington Cowlitz

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008 N 003 W 14 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • MSHA LOCAT:5 MI W OF LONGVIEW, WA ON HWY 4.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.02342, 46.1742

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past 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 Josum, Inc
    ID 4502640
    Home office Washington
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA REPORT DATED MAY 12, 1981.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-NOV-92 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 09/04/1990
MSHA mine ID4502640
Mine name (MSHA)Dietz Brothers Alder Bluff Incorporated
Current operatorDietz Bros Alder Bluff Inc
Current controller (parent)Darold Dietz
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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