Rhinehart Buttes

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone
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. 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 10054671
MRDS ID OR07761
Record type Site
Current site name Rhinehart Buttes
Related records 10178134

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.21822, 43.9582 (WGS84)
Elevation 777

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vale East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Malheur(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
18S 45E 33 NE OF SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.21822, 43.9582

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE, SILTSTONE, AND TUFF

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 10471

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3'- 6' DIAMETER BLOCKS OF SILICA-CEMENTED FINE-GRAIN TUFFACEOUS SANDSTONE WITH FOSSILIZED WOODY DEBRIS. THREE BENCHES

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.