Deep Creek Tuff

Occurrence in Wheeler county in Oregon, United States with commodity Zeolites
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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033437
MRDS ID M015784
Record type Site
Current site name Deep Creek Tuff
Related records 10201103

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.66637, 44.66067 (WGS84)

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wheeler

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 025E 36 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zeolites Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Clinoptilolite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • 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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Oligocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.66637, 44.66067

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR/BLANKET
    Thickness 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FISHER, R.V., 1962, CLINOPTILOLITE TUFF FROM THE JOHN DAY FORMATION, EASTERN OREGON; ODGMI, ORE BIN, VOL. 24, NO. 12, P. 197

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S. AND BOWEN, R.G., 1962, CLINOPTILOLITE OCCURRENCES IN EASTERN OREGON; PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION; ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    FISCHER, R.V., 1963, ZEOLITE-RICH BEDS OF THE JOHN DAY FORMATION; ODGMI, ORE BIN, VOL. 25, NO. 11, P. 185

  • Deposit

    1962 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

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

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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