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Hillcrest 1 - 9, 11

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gemstone
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054085
MRDS ID OR07080
Record type Site
Current site name Hillcrest 1 - 9, 11

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.03348, 43.10181 (WGS84)
Elevation 1484

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hooker Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mahogany Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Jordan(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
28S 46E 25 NE OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.03348, 43.10181
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • 3 Ft Wide Perlite Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • PERLITE DIKE INTRUSION IN RHYOLITE - MIOCENE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sheaville

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pegram, Eileen And Stan

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SMALL HAND DUG PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BLM RECORDS, VALE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC 12692-12702

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDED RHYOLITE VESICLES FILLED WITH OPAL, JASPER AND ZEOLITE

Reporter information

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

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