Fiery Placer

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Diatomite
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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10158757
MAS/MILS ID 0410450141
Record type Site
Current site name Fiery Placer

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -117.72101, 43.75676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1010
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Namorf(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
Willamette 021 S 041 E 08 C Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -117.72101, 43.75676

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OPEN-FILE REPORT MLA 22-89, 1989, TABLE 1,

  • Deposit

    MAP NO. L, P. 18.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-AUG-91 Miller U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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