| Deposit ID | 10033437 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M015784 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Deep Creek Tuff |
| Related records | 10201103 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -119.66637, 44.66067 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wheeler(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Mount Misery(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Monument(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)
John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Wheeler |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 010S | 025E | 36 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Zeolites | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Clinoptilolite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff | ||||
| Rock unit name | Oligo/John Day Formation | ||||
| Rock description | Oligo/John Day Formation | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -119.66637, 44.66067 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR/BLANKET |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 7.62M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M015784 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410690040 |
FISHER, R.V., 1962, CLINOPTILOLITE TUFF FROM THE JOHN DAY FORMATION, EASTERN OREGON; ODGMI, ORE BIN, VOL. 24, NO. 12, P. 197
WAGNER, N.S. AND BOWEN, R.G., 1962, CLINOPTILOLITE OCCURRENCES IN EASTERN OREGON; PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION; ODGMI FILE REPORT
FISCHER, R.V., 1963, ZEOLITE-RICH BEDS OF THE JOHN DAY FORMATION; ODGMI, ORE BIN, VOL. 25, NO. 11, P. 185
1962 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THE DEPOSIT COVERS BETWEEN TWO AND THREE HUNDRED ACRES AT THE DEEP CREEK LOCALITY |
| Deposit | SEVERAL TUFF BEDS IN THE MIDDLE MEMBER OF THE JOHN DAY FORMATION CONTAIN APPRECIABLE AMOUNTS OF ZEOLITE. THE DEEP CREEK TUFF IS THE MOST EXTENSIVE OF THESE BEDS AND IS REPORTED TO CONTAIN UP TO 95% CLINOPTILOLITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-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 |
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