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Timber Beast

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Uranium, Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036971
MRDS ID M029022
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Beast

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.54269, 42.60265 (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
Willamette 034S 034E 08,09 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilsemannite Ore

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.54269, 42.60265
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN CONTACT BETWEEN HOST ROCKS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N.V., 1958 , OREGON'S URAN. PICTURE: ORE BIN, VOL. 20 , NO. 12

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HAD DMEA LOAN FOR UNDERGROUND EXPLORATION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1978 Walker, George W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 18-AUG-1992 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey EDITED HOST ROCK TYPE, HOST ROCK AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPE, ASSOCIATED ROCK AGE, HOST ROCK UNIT NAME, HOST ROCK UNIT AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT NAME, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT AGE.

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