Evergreen Bentonite Pit

Producer in Crook county in Oregon, United States with commodity Bentonite
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 10274023
MRDS ID OR05409
MAS/MILS ID 0410130092
Record type Site
Current site name Evergreen Bentonite Pit
Alternate or previous names Oregon Sun Ranch Pit 2 Plant
Related records 10052621

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -120.16859, 43.96234 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Crook(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gerry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brothers(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Crooked(hydrologic unit)

Deschutes(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(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 Crook

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 018 S 021 E 35 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 44 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PRINEVILLE, OREGON.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -120.16859, 43.96234

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status 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 Evergreen Bentonite, Inc.
    ID 3502863
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON GEOLOGY, 1990, V. 52, NO. 2, P. 38.

  • Deposit

    DOGAMI MLR 07-0058

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 22-JUL-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 03/24/1980
MSHA mine ID3502863
Mine name (MSHA)Oregon Sun Ranch Pit Plant
Current operatorOregon Sun Ranch
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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