Durkee Zeolite

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Zeolites
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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033362
MRDS ID M015685
MAS/MILS ID 0410010635
Record type Site
Current site name Durkee Zeolite

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -117.40408, 44.58736 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position THREE MILES EAST OF DURKEE OREGON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durkee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 043E 23 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chabazite Ore
Erionite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff > Ash-Flow Tuff

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -117.40408, 44.58736

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mc Cullough, Rod
    First year 1980

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GUDE, A.J. 3RD AND SHEPPARD, R.A., 1978, CHABAZITE IN SILICEOUS TUFFS OF A PLIOCENE LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT NEAR DURKEE, BAKER COUNTY, OREGON, JOUR. RESEARCH USGS VOL. 6, P. 467.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES EAST OF A MAJOR RAIL LINE AT DURKEE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-79 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 06-JAN-11 Causey, J.Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Added info from MAS record 0410010635 (Dep_ID 10177150) and deleted that record.
Reporter 15-JUN-92 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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