Poppie Quarry

Past Producer in Whitman county in Washington, 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 10278332
MAS/MILS ID 0530750003
Record type Site
Current site name Poppie Quarry
Alternate or previous names Northwest Paving Inc

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -117.08775, 46.72926 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Whitman(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moscow West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pullman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Palouse(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Whitman

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014 N 045 E 01 3 Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED 3 MI. WEST OF MOSCOW, ID.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Crushed/Broken Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -117.08775, 46.72926

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 Northwest Paving And Construction Co., Inc.
    ID 4500219
    Home office Washington
    Year 1973

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WA. DIV. MINES AND GEOL. INFO. CIRC. 48, 1973, P. 31.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-JAN-93 Ridenour, James 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 11/13/1979
MSHA mine ID4500219
Mine name (MSHA)Nortwest Paving Pit
Current operatorCrow Rock Products Inc
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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