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Indian Creek

Occurrence in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032923
MRDS ID M014733
Record type Site
Current site name Indian Creek
Related records 10250706

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.88438, 45.49985 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Imbler(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Grande Ronde(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 001S 039E 01 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CENTER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Analytical data

Result DIATOMITE IS VERY TOUGH AND OF HIGH DENSITY
Result CONTAINS CONSIDERABLE QUANTITIES OF CLAY, VOLCANIC ASH, & ORGANIC MATTER.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.88438, 45.49985
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OLDEST ROCKS ARE YELLOW TUFFS OF MIOCENE OR PLIOCENE AGE; SERIES OF NEARLY HORIZONTAL BEDS OF INTERSTRATIFIED DIATOMITE, TUFF AND LAVAS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Indian Creek District

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: 4.5 MILES FROM RAILROAD AT ELGIN, OREG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B. H., 1937 , NONMETALLIC METAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 875 P. 52

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MASSIVELY BEDDED

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

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