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Rock Creek Butte Asbestos

Occurrence in Baker 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033430
MRDS ID M015775
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Creek Butte Asbestos

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.03492, 44.42597 (WGS84)
Elevation 1524
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTH OF HEREFORD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hereford(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(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 038E 22 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysotile Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 18
USGS model code 8d
Deposit model name Serpentine-hosted asbestos

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.03492, 44.42597
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 121.92M
    Width 30.48M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Parallel Shear Zones In Peridotite

Comments on the geologic information

  • INDIVIDUAL FIBERS RANGE UP TO 1/4 INCH IN LENGTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1950, ROCK CREEK BUTTE CHRYSOTILE OCCURRENCE (ASBESTOS); ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    LOWERY, W.D. AND WRAY, C.F., 1968, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE IRONSIDE MOUNTAIN QUADRANGLE; ODGMI OPEN FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1950 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHEAR ZONES CONTAINING CHRYSOTILE MAY COMPRISE UP TO 5% OF THE OBSERVED PERIDOTITE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-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
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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