Manning Creek

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Diatomite

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032742
MRDS ID	M014452
Record type	Site
Current site name	Manning Creek
Related records	10200646

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.38435, 44.61653 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durkee(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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	011S	043E	13	SE	Oregon

Comments on the location information

SE 1/4 SEC. 13

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Diatomite	Primary

Analytical data

Result	LOW GRADE MATERIAL

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Lake Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.38435, 44.61653	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

IN LAKE BED SEDIMENTS. ; GEOL.DESC: DEPOSITION PROBABLY OCCURED IN BRACKISH WATER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Lower Burnt River

Comments on development

ECON.COM: DEPOSIT FAR FROM RAILROAD EXISTING IN 1937 .

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M014452
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410010589

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MOORE, B. N., 1937 , NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS 875 , P. 58 - 59

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	55 FT. OF FLAT-LYING BEDS OF DIATOMITE AND TUFF.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
Reporter	01-JUN-1976	Lee, W.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1978	Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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