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Cow Lakes

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054645
MRDS ID OR07730
Record type Site
Current site name Cow Lakes
Related records 10250419

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2996, 43.02459 (WGS84)
Elevation 1311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cow Lakes(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mahogany Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
29S 44E 23 W OF W OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2996, 43.02459
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • RECENT FLUVIATILE DEPOSIT IN INTERMITTENT DRAINAGE THAT FOLLOWS PERIPHERY OF PAHOEHOE LAVA FLOW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BLM RECORDS, VALE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM OR01359

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EAST PIT- 70% 2 MINUS, 30% FINE SAND/SILT, <5% CLAY WEST PIT- 50% FINE SAND/SILT, 35% 1 MINUS, 15% 1-2

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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