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Timberbeast

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036281
MRDS ID M025040
Record type Site
Current site name Timberbeast
Related records 10225886

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54435, 42.59987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvord Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
034S 034E 07 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON SOUTH CANYON WALL OF LITTLE ALVORD CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clay Gangue

Analytical data

Result FIVE ODGMI SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.05 % U3O8 EQUIVILANT

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
    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) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Pike Creek Formation
    Rock description Pike Creek Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.54435, 42.59987
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Dike And Bedded Tuffs And Dacites

Comments on the geologic information

  • WEAK URANIUM MINERALIZATION HAS BEEN FOUND IN SEVERAL PLACES WITHIN THE DIKE AND ALONG ITS CONTACTS WITH THE ADJACENT VOLCANICS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer George Slade

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H. C., 1956, URANIUM OCCURRENCES ON LITTLE ALVORD CREEK, HARNEY COUNTY; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. V., 1969, URANIUM; IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 64, P. 184

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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