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Rock Creek Butte

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032546
MRDS ID M014123
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek Butte
Related records 10249915

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.04353, 44.42125 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hereford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 038E 22 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 4 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Analytical data

Result BETTER AREAS HAVE 10 % FIBER

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 > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Sedimentary and volcanic rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River (?)

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DEVELOPMENT WORK DONE AS OF 1950 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J. H. AND RAMP, L. (MARCH) 1969 , OREGON'S ASBESTOS POTENTIAL; ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL. 27 , NO. 3 , P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIBERS UP TO 1/4 IN IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey EDITED HOST ROCK TYPE, HOST ROCK AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPE, ASSOCIATED ROCK AGE, HOST ROCK UNIT NAME, HOST ROCK UNIT AGE, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT NAME, ASSOCIATED ROCK UNIT AGE.
Updater 18-AUG-1992 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 01-MAY-1995 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

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