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Tent Creek

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 10054666
MRDS ID OR07756
Record type Site
Current site name Tent Creek
Related records 10274110

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.25236, 42.04599 (WGS84)
Elevation 1756

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oregon Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Louse Canyon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Little Owyhee(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
40S 47E 31 SW OF SW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.25236, 42.04599
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY MIOCENE WELDED TUFFS AND RHYOLITE/DACITE FLOWS. TENT CREEK CUTS THROUGH BASALT CAP UNDERLAIN BY DACITE/ANDESITE.

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 OR 46747

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 80% SILT/SAND, 20% 1 MINUS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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