Soda Creek Uranium Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032824
MRDS ID M014590
Record type Site
Current site name Soda Creek Uranium Prospect
Related records 10177270

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.13657, 44.59486 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Connor Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(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 011S 046E 19 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS AT THE MOUTH OF SODA CREEK AND IS NOW INNUDATED BY BROWNLEE RESEVOIR

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result U3O8 EQUIVALENT = 0.035

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.13657, 44.59486

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connor Creek

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. W. Vermeesch

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, T. C., DEC. 1955 , OREGON RADIOACTIVE DISCOVERIES IN 1954 AND 1955 : ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL 17 , NO. 12 P. 88

  • Deposit

    1955 RECON ODGMI UNPUBLISHED LETTERS AND NOTE

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

Beyond USGS

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