Upper Pike Creek

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036284
MRDS ID M025043
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Pike Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.56658, 42.59237 (WGS84)

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 033E 12 SE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN, ABOUT TWO AND ONE HALF MILES UP PIKE CREEK FROM THE CARNOTITE GROUP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Analytical data

Result THREE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.04 TO 0.06% 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 Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Pike Creek Formation
    Rock description Pike Creek Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.56658, 42.59237

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DACITE HAS A HIGH BACKGROUND RADIOACTIVITY, WITH LOCAL CONCENTRATIONS ALONG IRON STAINED FRACTURES AND JOINT SURFACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAFER, M., 1956, UPPER PIKE CREEK RADIOACTIVE AREA; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

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

Beyond USGS

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