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Richland Deposit

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032811
MRDS ID M014565
Record type Site
Current site name Richland Deposit
Related records 10249669

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.15907, 44.75903 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(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 009S 045E 25 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT IS SMALL BASIN OF LAKE BEDS (SURROUNDED BY MOUNTAINS ON NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST), CONSISTS OF ROUGHLY TRAPEZOIDAL AREA, OCCUPYING MOST OF T. 9 S., R. 45 E - 1 AND SMALL PART OF T. 9 S. R 45 E.; COORDINATES ARE ROUGHLY CENTER OF SAMPLED AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Analytical data

Result TENDS TO BE GRITTY

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.15907, 44.75903
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ABOUT 40 FEET OF DIATOMITE IS CAPPED BY ABOUT 25 FEET OF TUFFS AND OTHER LAKE BEDS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Eagle Creek

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MORE THAN 2,000,000 TONS OF MATERIAL SUITABLE FOR CLAY-BONDED BRICKS.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: DISTANT FROM MARKET AND OF POOR QUALITY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B. H., 1937 , NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 875 , P. 56 - 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIATOMITE FREE OF WRINKLING OR CONTORTION
Deposit CONSV. RECORDS ( M014586 ) AND ( M014564 ) MERGED WIH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
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

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