Moores Hollow

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054683
MRDS ID OR07773
Record type Site
Current site name Moores Hollow
Related records 10298429

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.09711, 44.19237 (WGS84)
Elevation 914

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moores Hollow(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(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
16S 46E 9 SE OF NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.09711, 44.19237

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • PLIOCENE TUFFACEOUS SEDS TOPPED BY GRAVELLY FLUVIATILE DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BLM RECORDS, VALE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM OR 48704

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRESENT PIT NEAR DEPLETION
Deposit 60% COARSE QTZ SAND, 30% 2 MINUS PEBBLES, 10% 2-4, NO CLAY/SILT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.