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Hurricane Creek

Occurrence in Wallowa 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032864
MRDS ID M014642
Record type Site
Current site name Hurricane Creek
Related records 10250553

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.3177, 45.23319 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Cap(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wallowa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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)

Eagle Cap Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 004S 044E 10 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE OF HURRICANE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHEMICAL ANALYSIS GIVEN IN REFERENCE.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.3177, 45.23319
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CRUSHING HAS GREATLY THICKENED DEPOSIT NEAR HEAD OF HURRICANE CREEK. LIMESTONE IN PLACES IS A PURE WHITE MARBLE.

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B. H., 1937 , NONMETALLIC RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 875 , P. 132

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 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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