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Cke Group

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10051936
MRDS ID OR03838
Record type Site
Current site name Cke Group
Alternate or previous names Bishop Ranch Quarry

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.08071, 43.55154 (WGS84)
Elevation 838

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Graveyard Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Vale(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Snake-Succor(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
23S 46E 22 NE OF NE OF SW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Rhyolite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Argillite, Zeolite?

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.08071, 43.55154
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CONTACT BETWEEN MIOCENE RHYOLITE INTRUSIVE AND TUFFACEOUS SILTSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wilson, David K.

Comments on the workings information

  • BENCHES DRILLED WITH 10 FT STEEL AND 2 IN TC BITS. 50 FT FACE WITH OVERHANGING FRACTURED ROCK AND NO BENCHES. TWO-WIRE WOODEN-POLE POWER LINE RUNS DIRECTLY OVER PIT. 5000 CU YD WASTE PILE OF 12 IN MINUS.; SURFACE QUARRY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BLM RECORDS, VALE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC 6153

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNCOMMON VARIETY BANDED ALTERED RHYOLITE
Deposit NO PO LABOR 1991. UNSAFE FACE HEIGHT OF 50 FT. POWER LINE OBSTRUCTS PIT EXPANSION S, TOPOGRAPHY BLOCKS EASY EXPANSION N.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1992 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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