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Rome South

Past Producer in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodities Stone, Dimension, Zeolites
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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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054692
MRDS ID OR07782
Record type Site
Current site name Rome South
Alternate or previous names Rome-Paris Claims
Related records 10201168

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.71489, 42.79098 (WGS84)
Elevation 1122

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Rome(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Jordan Valley(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Crooked-Rattlesnake(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
32S 41E 8 NW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone, Dimension Primary
Zeolites Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Zeolite

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY LACUSTRINE TUFFACEOUS SEDIMENTS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Rome

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Anaconda Copper Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL QUARRY. FOR ZEOLITE ABOUT 50 DRILL HOLES AND 3 TEST PIT SITES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U S BLM RECORDS, VALE DISTRICT

  • Other Database

    BLM ORMC MCN 3-07,409,5-08

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ZELOITE CLAIMS STAKED 1974, 1980; DROPPED IN 1989.
Deposit LAYERED BENTONITE, TUFF, AND ZEOLITE EXPOSED IN OLD DIMENSION STONE QUARRIES

Reporter information

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

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