Uranium Occurrence

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033090
MRDS ID M015009
Record type Site
Current site name Uranium Occurrence
Related records 10274451

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.70272, 44.52429 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 033E 14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE IN THE VEINS. U3O8 EQUIV. = .02

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result U3O8 EQUIV. = .02

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.70272, 44.52429

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Quartzburg (?)

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Shangrila Mining And Milling

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, T. C., (DECEMBER) 1955 , RADIOACTIVE DISCOVERIES IN 1954 AND 1955 ; ODGMI, ORE BIN, VOL. 17 , NO. 12 , P. 88

Reporter information

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