Carlina 1-3

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Gemstone
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. Mining district
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054685
MRDS ID OR07775
Record type Site
Current site name Carlina 1-3
Alternate or previous names Payne Creek 1-4, Wildcat 9-10, Golden Sage, Sage Brush Anny, High Sage
Related records 10298342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.07182, 42.05377 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Payne Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alvord Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Quinn(hydrologic unit)

Black Rock Desert(hydrologic accounting unit)

Black Rock Desert-Humboldt(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(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
40S 40E 31 SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.07182, 42.05377

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • POLISHABLE BLUE PICTURE ROCK, POOR GRADE TURKEY TRACK ROCK, PLANT FOSSIL IMPRINTS IN PLATY SILICIFIED ASH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1982

Mining district

District name Opalite-Bretz

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Plumlee, Carl

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD DOZER CUT AND SMALL BACKHOE PITS ON W SIDE OF HILL E OF PAYNE CREEK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BLM RECORDS, VALE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC MCN 2-09

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CLAIMS DROPPED. REMAINING ROCK IS COMMON VARIETY.

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.