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Desert Sunrise

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054686
MRDS ID OR07776
Record type Site
Current site name Desert Sunrise
Related records 10250545

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.73656, 43.08904 (WGS84)
Elevation 1030

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lambert Rocks(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mahogany Mountain(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Boise(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Owyhee(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 41E 32 SW OF SW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.73656, 43.08904
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS AND LACUSTRINE-FLUVIAL DEPOSITS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1981

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lovan, William Jr.

Comments on the workings information

  • D4 CAT USED TO OPEN 0.05 ACRES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BLM RECORDS, VALE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM OR 47965 MCN 3-04,4-18,6-13

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SILICIFIED LAKE BED ASH THAT CLEAVES INTO 1 THICK PLATES, IRON STAINED WITH PINK COLORATION
Deposit OPERATOR - DALE BARNETT

Reporter information

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

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