Spring Creek Group

Occurrence in Lake county in Oregon, United States with commodity Diatomite
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10022644
MRDS ID FS00032
Record type Site
Current site name Spring Creek Group
Related records 10201306

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -121.86778, 42.6665 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Klamath(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Soloman Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Williamson River(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Williamson(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 033S 008E 32,33,34 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Basalt Gangue
Pumice Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Glassy Rock > Pumice
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Peat

Nearby scientific data

(1) -121.86778, 42.6665

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Mears Fault Planes
Type of structure Local
Structure description Crater Lake

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name On Winema Nf

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Winema

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1966 COMPILE FS, GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1975 Sierk, Betty M. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.