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Durkee Travertine

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Travertine
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032744
MRDS ID M014457
Record type Site
Current site name Durkee Travertine
Alternate or previous names Prescott
Related records 10153002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41824, 44.53708 (WGS84)
Relative position ONE-QUARTER MILE SOUTH OF OREGON PORTLAND CEMENT CO. PLANT AT NELSON

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 012S 043E 11 NE OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Travertine Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Travertine Ore

Analytical data

Result LARGE REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE: 98.8 PERCENT CALCIUM CARBONATE
Result 1.25 PERCENT SILICA

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41824, 44.53708
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ASSUMING AVERAGE THICKNESS OF 10 FT. TOTAL RESERVES WOULD BE ABOUT 200000 TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N. S., 1950, TRAVERTINE DEPOSITS NEAR DURKEE: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 290,000 SQUARE FEET OF OUTCROP; THICKNESS UNKNOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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