Deer Creek Riprap Site

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Stone
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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10054712
MRDS ID OR07808
Record type Site
Current site name Deer Creek Riprap Site
Related records 10274203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.52718, 44.19262 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Suplee Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
16S 27E 07 SW OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.52718, 44.19262

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • TERTIARY COLUMBIA RIVER BASALT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE BENCHES, MAIN ONE 140X50 FT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.

  • Deposit

    PULFREY, ROBERT J., 1975, DEER CREEK RIPRAP SITE: MINING, RECLAMATION, AND TECHNICAL REPORT, BURNS DISTRICT, BLM

  • Deposit

    OR DEPT GEOL MIN IND, 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULL 14-B, SOUTHFORK AREA, P 150-152

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMYGDALOIDAL BASALT, VESICLES FILLED WITH ZEOLITES
Deposit USED ONE TIME FOR BRIDGE ABUTEMENT CONSTRUCTION

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-JAN-1990 Allen, Garwood Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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