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Welch Creek Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033046
MRDS ID M014930
Record type Site
Current site name Welch Creek Mine
Related records 10152892

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.88772, 44.01568 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Silvies(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Silvies(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 018S 032E 16 NW OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.88772, 44.01568
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Oregon State Highway Division

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C.E. AND THAYER, T.P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, USGS MISC. GEOL. INVEST. MAP I-447

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THIS PROSPECT IS AVAILABLE. BROWN AND THAYER (1966) SHOW THE PROSPECT TO BE LOCATED ALONG A CONTACT BETWEEN SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE AND UNDIFFERENTIATED METAVOLCANIC ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (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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