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Ponderosa Mine

Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gemstone
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  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 10225862
MRDS ID OR03804
MAS/MILS ID 0410250058
Record type Site
Current site name Ponderosa Mine
Alternate or previous names Pinkie Nos. 1-4 Claims, Quarry
Related records 10098946

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -119.53027, 43.85735 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Donnelly Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Silvies(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020 S 027 E 07 N2NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -119.53027, 43.85735
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COMMODITY IS GEM QUALITY LABRADORITE FELDSPAR KNOWN AS SUNSTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Larry Gray
    Home office Idaho
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES FILES (WFOC).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-AUG-93 Pierce, Paul A. 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)

StatusIntermittent since 06/04/2014
MSHA mine ID3503816
Mine name (MSHA)Ponderosa Mine
Current operatorDesert Sun Mining and Gems, Inc.
Current controller (parent)Bruce G Moore; John Woodmark
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

Inferred by coordinate + name similarity (263 m, 1.00 match). Confirm against MSHA if precision matters — non-USGS-curated cross-references may occasionally point at a neighbouring mine.

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