Tygh Valley Quarry

Past Producer in Wasco 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10201292
MRDS ID OR03991
MAS/MILS ID 0410650027
Record type Site
Current site name Tygh Valley Quarry
Alternate or previous names Tygh Valley Pit
Related records 10052041

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -121.17784, 45.25402 (WGS84)
Elevation 347
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wasco(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Postage Stamp Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mount Hood(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

The Dalles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Deschutes(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wasco

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 004 S 013 E 04 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -121.17784, 45.25402

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cody Logging And Construction Co.
    ID 3502888
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-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 12/21/1982
MSHA mine ID3502888
Mine name (MSHA)Tygh Valley Pit
Current operatorCody Logging & Construction Company
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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