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Swayze Creek

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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095133
MRDS ID M014454
Record type Site
Current site name Swayze Creek
Related records 10128025

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.42602, 44.54986 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Durkee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 043E 34 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 NEAR MOUTH OF SWAYZE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE.

Analytical data

Result OF NO COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE UNLESS IT CAN BE USED IN MAKING CLAY BONDED DIATOMITE PRODUCTS.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.42602, 44.54986
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lower Burnt River

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: OUTCROPS ONLY A FEW HUNDRED FEET FROM MAIN LINE OF UNION PACIFIC RR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B. H., 1937 , NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS 875 , P. 58

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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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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