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Bear Valley

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033333
MRDS ID M015650
Record type Site
Current site name Bear Valley
Related records 10249859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.96606, 44.20652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1494
Relative position 7 MILES MORTH OF SENECA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seneca(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

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 016S 031E 02 S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Analytical data

Result VEINLETS OF APPARENTLY GOOD QUALITY CHRYSOTIVE FIBER WERE REPORTED IN THE 1/8 TO 1/4 IN RANGE, WITH 1/2 INCH WIDTHS VERY RARE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.96606, 44.20652
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE CHRYSOTILE BEARING SERPENTINITE IS RELATED TO THE OPHIOLITIC CANYON MOUNTAIN COMPLEX WHICH WAS EMPLACED IN LATE PERMIAN OR EARLY TRIASSIC TIME

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1953

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: MORE EXPLORATION WOULD BE NEEDED TO EXPOSE LARGER AREAS OF FIBER-BEARING MATERIAL BEFORE THE OCCURRENCE COULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE COMMERCIAL POSSIBILITIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BRIGHT, J.H., AND RAMP, OREGON'S ASBESTOS POTENTIAL: ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL. 27., NO. 3, P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL AREAS OF CLOSELY SPACED CHRYSOTILE VEINLETS IN SERPENTINE ARE SCATTERED OVER A FAIRLY EXTENSIVE AREA, BUT APPARENTLY ARE SEPARATED BY CONSIDERABLE SUBGRADE TO BARREN SERPENTINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Brooks, Howard C. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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