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Fall Creek Ranch

Occurrence in Lane county in Oregon, United States with commodity Clay
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048666
MRDS ID MP00280
Record type Site
Current site name Fall Creek Ranch

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.73449, 43.95898 (WGS84)
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI EAST OF LOWELL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lane(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fall Creek Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Oakridge(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Roseburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Fork Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

USACE(Federal land areas administered by USACE)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lane

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 018S 001E 31 SW4 OF SE4 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Clay Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillic

Analytical data

Result CONE FUSION OF CONE 30 TO CONE 23

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.73449, 43.95898
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PROBABLY MASSIVE

Comments on the geologic information

  • REFERENCE DOES NOT INDICATE HOST ROCK TYPE BUT IT IS LIKELY TUFFACEOUS ROCKS OF THE WESTERN CASCADES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Page, Presumed Property Owner
    First year 1938

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • DEPOSIT WAS EXAMINED BY WILLAMINA CLAY PRODUCTS CO., BUT NO MINING TOOK PLACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Analytical Data

    WILSON AND TREASHER, 1938

  • Deposit

    WILSON, HEWITT, AND TREASHER, R.C., 1938, PRELIMINARY REPORT OF SOME OF THE REFRACTORY CLAYS OF WESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 6, P. 67-68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS ALONG THE SIDE OF A 75 FT STREAM TERRACE AND COVERED BY TALUS. DESCRIPTIONS OF "CHOCOLATE-COLORED STREAKS" SUGGEST AN ARGILLIZED ROCK THAT HAS WELL DEVELOPED BROWN VEINS OF CLAY MATERIAL (USUALLY KAOLINITE) AND SILICA WITHIN THE ARGILLIC ROCKS. A MODEL HAS NOT YET BEEN PUBLISHED FOR THIS TYPE OF DEPOSIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1994 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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