Gypsum Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gypsum-Anhydrite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033320
MRDS ID M015631
Record type Site
Current site name Gypsum Mine
Alternate or previous names Certainteed Products
Related records 10274493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2349, 44.45208 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Henley Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(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 013S 045E 16 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gypsum-Anhydrite Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name Weatherby;Weatherby;Weatherby
    Rock description Weatherby;Weatherby;Weatherby
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2349, 44.45208

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Comments on the geologic information

  • HIGH PURITY GYPSUM APPEARS TO BE LOCALIZED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SHEAR ZONES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Conner Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, USGS 22ND ANNUAL REPT. PT 2, P. 551-776.

  • Deposit

    ODGMI BULL. 64, MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON, 1964

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1947, ODGMI SUPPLIMENTAL REPORT

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1947, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES SUPPLIMENTAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1946 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.