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Upper Burnt River

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032580
MRDS ID M014170
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Burnt River
Related records 10200437

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.9127, 44.56292 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brannan Gulch(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 039E 34 E OF E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ON DIVIDE BETWEEN PINE CREEK AND COW CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Ore
Talc Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 18
USGS model code 8d
Deposit model name Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Rhyolite and dacite
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: OCCURS IN SERIES OF OLD CLOSELY FOLDED, SHEARED ROCKS, CONSISTING OF SCHISTS ASSOCIATED WITH DIKES AND SPARSE CHERT, ARGILLITE, AND LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sumpter (?)

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SEVERAL TONS HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY SHIPPED AS SAMPLES TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS (1931).

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT WORK CONSISTS OF SEVERAL PITS, OPEN CUTS AND ADITS (1931) SEVERAL TONS HAVE BEEN REPORTEDLY SHIPPED AS SAMPLES TO PROSPECTIVE BUYERS (1931).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B. N., 1937, NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 875 , P. 16

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M014165) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE 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
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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