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Molybdenum Occurrence

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Molybdenum
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036679
MRDS ID M025571
Record type Site
Current site name Molybdenum Occurrence
Related records 10273853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.10965, 44.75374 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Elkhorn Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 038E 30 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON DEER CREEK OBOUT ONE QUARTER MILE ABOVE LAKE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore

Analytical data

Result 0.42% MO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.10965, 44.75374
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sumpter

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bill Thomason
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., AND THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-447

  • Deposit

    ASSAYS ON FILE AT ODGMI BAKER FIELD OFFICE, BAKER, OR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION ONLY. NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1982 Ferns, Mark L. (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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