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Timber Beast

Prospect in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
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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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225886
MRDS ID M025040
MAS/MILS ID 0410250011
Record type Site
Current site name Timber Beast
Related records 10036281

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.54432, 42.59987 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvord Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034 S 034 E 08 NWSW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Clay Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown
Torbernite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.54432, 42.59987
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Primary Ore Control CONTACT ZONE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Date of Last Modification 950830

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 64, 1969, P. 184.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, 1956, URANIUM OCCURRENCES ON LITTLE ALVORD CREEK,

  • Deposit

    HARNEY COUNTY: ORE DEPT GEOL & MIN INDUS UNPUBLISHED FILE

  • Deposit

    REPORT.

  • Deposit

    USGS MAP MF-1916.

  • Deposit

    ORE BIN, VOL. 20, NO. 12, P. 111-117.

  • Deposit

    HALSTEAD & FAY, PRELIMINARY REPT. R-122, USGS LIBRARY,

  • Deposit

    DENVER, CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit WEAK URANIUM MINERALIZATION FOUND IN DIKE AND ALONG CONTACT WITH ADJACENT VOLCANICS. TWO ADITS, BOTH CAVED IN 1995, WERE REACHED BY STEEP JEEP TRAIL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-SEP-95 Boleneus, David E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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