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Big Butte Creek

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Asbestos
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033123
MRDS ID M015069
Record type Site
Current site name Big Butte Creek
Alternate or previous names Stithem Prospect
Related records 10256407

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.65327, 44.60541 (WGS84)
Relative position 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF DIXIE BUTTE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dixie Meadows(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 034E 17 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Meta-Argillite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISCONTINOUS PATCHES
    Length 396.24M
    Width 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINIZED PERIDOTITE WITH INCLUSIONS OF ARGILLITE AND QUARTZITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn (?)

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Malheur National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 1,000 FEET OF BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND 1,000 FEET OF DIAMOND CORE DRILLING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J. T., AND RAMP, L., (MARCH) 1965 , OREGON'S ASBESTOS POTENTIAL: ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL. 27 , NO. 3 , P. 53

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEMI-HARSH FIBER AND PARTING COMMON

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-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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