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Pike Creek Carnotite Group

Past Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodities Uranium, Mercury
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036283
MRDS ID M025042
Record type Site
Current site name Pike Creek Carnotite Group
Alternate or previous names Kiska, Carnotite Group, Luck Canyon
Related records 10128826

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55074, 42.58293 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvord Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
034S 034E 18 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE BY TRAIL ABOVE THE OLD CABIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Mercury Tertiary

Analytical data

Result 0.05 TO 0.40 U3O8 EQUIVILANT

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 155
USGS model code 25f
Deposit model name Volcanogenic U

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Rock unit name Pike Creek Formation
    Rock description Pike Creek Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.55074, 42.58293
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Breccia Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • URANIUM MINERALIZATION IS LOCALIZED ALONG THE FOOTWALL OF A RHYOLITE BRECCIA.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1955
Discoverer Dewey Quier

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORCORAN, R. E. AND WAGNER, N. S., 1955, PIKE CREEK CARNOTITE GROUP; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, N. V., 1969, URANIUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 64, P. 184

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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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