Drift Creek Quarry

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone
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 10273987
MRDS ID OR03408
MAS/MILS ID 0410410017
Record type Site
Current site name Drift Creek Quarry
Alternate or previous names Drift Creek Pit
Related records 10051671

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.98542, 44.864 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mowrey Landing(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corvallis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Siletz-Yaquina(hydrologic unit)

Northern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008 S 011 W 24 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 1 MILE EAST OF KERNVILLE, OREGON; TAKE LEFT ON DRIFT CREEK RD. PROCEED 1 MILE TO PIT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.98542, 44.864

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 Devils Lake Rock Crushing Co.
    ID 3503026
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-AUG-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 06/17/1986
MSHA mine ID3503026
Mine name (MSHA)Drift Creek Pit
Current operatorDevil'S Lake Rock Company
Current controller (parent)Don H Morris
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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