Blue Mountain Lime Mill

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Calcium
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 10274438
MAS/MILS ID 0410019003
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mountain Lime Mill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -117.86543, 44.82486 (WGS84)
Elevation 1027
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baker City(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008 S 040 E 31 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH HIGHWAY 30 APPROXIMATELY 3 1/2 MILES OUT OF BAKER OREG

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Calcium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -117.86543, 44.82486

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Processing Plant
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Blue Mountian Lime Co.
    ID 3502828
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 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 04/27/1981
MSHA mine ID3502828
Mine name (MSHA)Blue Mountain Lime Mill
Current operatorBlue Mountain Lime Company
Current controller (parent)Looney Clifford
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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