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Limestone Occurrence

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodity Limestone, General
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032885
MRDS ID M014680
Record type Site
Current site name Limestone Occurrence
Related records 10178178

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80101, 45.29986 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position ON IMNAHA RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jaynes Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imnaha(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003S 048E 15 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80101, 45.29986
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 75 DEG E
    Dip 25 DEG N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: UPPER TRIASSIC IN AGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE ESTIMATE BASED ON OUTCROP OF 320 ACRES AND AMINIMUM THICKNESS OF 9 FT. ABOVE CREEK LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B. H., 1937 , NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. P. 119 - 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICK-BEDDED, LIGHT GREY, SLIGHTLY RECRYSTALLIZED , MUCH SILICIFIED MATERIAL

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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