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Pike Creek

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. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274234
MRDS ID M029028
MAS/MILS ID 0410250013
Record type Site
Current site name Pike Creek
Alternate or previous names Kiska Mine
Related records 10036974

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.54292, 42.57677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1829
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 20 NENWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Chalcedony Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.54292, 42.57677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 SILICIFICATION
    Date of Last Modification 950830

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Dewey Quier
    Year 1956
    First year 1955
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Solar-X Corp.
    Home office Idaho
  • Type Unknown
    Owner United Uranium
    Home office Oregon
  • Type Unknown
    Owner Peter Relos And Associates
    Home office Oregon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAFER, MAX, 1956, URANIUM PROSPECTING IN OREGON, 1956:

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN V. 18, NO. 12, P. 102.

  • Deposit

    MINOR, ET, AL., 1987, USGS MAP MF-1916.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, 1958, :THE ORE BIN, P. 117.

  • Deposit

    TWITCHELL, ET, AL., :AEC PRELIM RECONN REPT. R-21, USGS

  • Deposit

    LIBRARY, DENVER, CO.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINOR GOLD, MERCURY, AND MOLYBDENUM PRESENT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-SEP-95 Boleneus, David E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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