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Big Enough Claim

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033232
MRDS ID M015527
Record type Site
Current site name Big Enough Claim
Related records 10201693

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -120.61024, 42.31124 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cox Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lakeview(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Klamath Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goose Lake(hydrologic unit)

Upper Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fremont-Winema 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 Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 018E 33 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Analytical data

Result U3O8 EQUIV. = .035

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -120.61024, 42.31124
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lakeview Area

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Fremont National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Stott, J. W.
    First year 1955

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, T.C., DEC. 1955 , OREGON RADIOACTIVE DISCOVERIES IN 1954 AND 1955 : ODGMI ORE BIN, VOL. 17 , NO. 12 .

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. V. AND MCINTYRE, J. R., 1970, THE RECONNAISANCE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN KLAMATH COUNTY AND WESTERN LAKE COUNTY, OREGN: ODGMI BULL. 66, P. 46

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DUPLICATE M029033 HAS BEEN DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 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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