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Baboon Creek Quarry

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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  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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032544
MRDS ID M014120
Record type Site
Current site name Baboon Creek Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07687, 44.77346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 038E 20 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE WEST SLOPE OF ELKHORN RIDGE NEAR THE HEAD OF BABOON CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Analytical data

Result QUALITY LIMESTONE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07687, 44.77346
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chemical Lime Co.
    First year 1965
    Last year 1971
  • Type Owner
    Owner Blue Mountain Lime Co.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION TOTALS ROUGHLY 150,000 TONS

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 731.52M
    Overall width 650M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. MINED LAND RECLAMATION FILES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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