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Moon Mesa

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone, Dimension
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032614
MRDS ID M014227
Record type Site
Current site name Moon Mesa
Alternate or previous names Frontier No1
Related records 10177046, 10249835

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.82297, 44.57653 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dooley Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 011S 040E 28 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE TUFFS ARE LAMINATED AND VARICOLORED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Dooley Mtn. Rhyolite
    Rock description Dooley Mtn. Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.82297, 44.57653
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1961 AND HAS CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT(1980).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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