Illahee Hill

Occurrence in Marion county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095326
MRDS ID M025336
Record type Site
Current site name Illahee Hill
Alternate or previous names Speerstra Prospect
Related records 10225719

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.10952, 44.90397 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT TWO MILES SOUTHWEST OF SALEM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Marion(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Salem West(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corvallis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Marion

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
008S 003W 06 SW4 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCINTILLATOR COUNT OF TWICE BACKGROUND (0.015-0.032 MR/HR VS. 0.015 MR/HR)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Eugene
    Rock description Eugene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.10952, 44.90397

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • URANIUM OXIDES DISSEMINATED IN SILICIFIED, TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON; 1969, ODGMI BULL. 64, P. 184

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE M029046 HAS BEEN DELETED

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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