Smokey Creek

Past Producer in Grant 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 10054705
MRDS ID OR07801
Record type Site
Current site name Smokey Creek
Alternate or previous names Designated Community Material Site.
Related records 10249697

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.53608, 44.41762 (WGS84)
Elevation 792

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dayville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
13S 26E 25 NW OF NE OF NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.53608, 44.41762

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TRIASSIC VESTER FM OF SHALE, GRAYWACKE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Public

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST BENCH ON COUNTY ROAD 42, SECOND BENCH 50X275', THIRD BENCH 15X275', FOURTH BENCH 50X20'. UNCONSOLIDATED MATERIAL EASY TO RIP AND PUSH OVER EDGE ONTO ROAD.; SURFACE ROCK PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OR: USGS SUR. BULL 922-D, 1940

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

  • Other Database

    BLM OR 36867 LAND PATENT NUMBER

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VERTICAL DIPPING BEDS FRACTURED AND SHEARED. CUT BY QTZ VEINS WITH 1/2 PRISMS; SOME CALCITE. GNEISSIC VEINS CUT THRU SLATE. MEDIUM-GRAINED GRAGWACKE PRESENT; SOME SERPENTINE.
Deposit GOOD PIT TO OBSERVE INDURATION SEQUENCE FROM SHALE-ARGILLITE-SLATE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1990 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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