Owyhee Reservior Bentonite

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Bentonite
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10053963
MRDS ID OR06945
Record type Site
Current site name Owyhee Reservior Bentonite
Related records 10225726

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.07878, 44.0057 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Malheur Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Malheur(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
18S 46E 15 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.07878, 44.0057

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BUREAU OF MINES MILS RECORDS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-JAN-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.