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Forster R. S. Claims

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Diatomite
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095128
MRDS ID M014300
Record type Site
Current site name Forster R. S. Claims
Alternate or previous names Blackbird
Related records 10200592

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.69575, 44.73736 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 041E 33 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • 1/4 MILE SW. OF VIRTUE ROAD

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THE DIATOMITE SHOWS A THICKNESS OF AT LEAST 7 FEET WHICH IS PROBABLY MUCH MORE AS IT IS VISIBLE UP AND DOWN THE HILLSIDE FOR AT LEAST 25 FEET.

Analytical data

Result PURE LIGHT GRAY AND LESS PURE YELLOW TINTED

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.69575, 44.73736
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Virtue

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 106

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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