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Keating Diatomite

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109340
MRDS ID M014370
Record type Site
Current site name Keating Diatomite
Related records 10152355

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.55103, 44.88319 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sawtooth Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 008S 042E 11 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SEC. 10; NW 1/4 SEC. 11

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Analytical data

Result VERY PURE, PRINCIPLE IMPURITIES BEING CLAY, VOLCANIC GLASS AND "FINES" COMPOSED OF FINELY BROKEN DIATOM FRAGMENTS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.55103, 44.88319
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LAKEBED SEQUENCE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Clover Creek District

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENCUT 150 FT. BY 50 FT. BY 30 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B. N., 1937 , NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 875 , P. 54 - 55 .

  • Deposit

    GILLULY, J., 1937, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE BAKER QUADRANGLE, OREGON: USGS BULL. 879, P. 116.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIATOMITE BEDS VARY FROM A FEW INCHES TO 40 FT. THICK, INTERBEDDED WITH TUFF AND MUDSTONE.
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS M014369 AND M014371 COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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