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Otis Basin Diatomite

Occurrence in Harney 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095321
MRDS ID M025311
Record type Site
Current site name Otis Basin Diatomite
Related records 10177021

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30686, 43.8243 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Drinkwater Pass(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Stinkingwater Mountains(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Malheur(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020S 036E 09 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NORTH OF DRINKWATER PASS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diatomite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Diatomite
    Rock unit name Drewsey Formation
    Rock description Drewsey Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30686, 43.8243
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.45M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Great Lakes Carbon
    First year 1955

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BASED ON A NINE FOOT AVERAGE THICKNESS

Comments on development

  • ABOUT SEVENTY 40-60 FOOT TEST HOLES WERE SUNK DURING 1954-1955 EXPLORATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MOORE, B.N., 1937, NONMETALLIC MINERAL RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS BULL. 875, P. 95

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1973, OTIS BASIN DIATOMITE; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT

  • Reserve-Resource

    MOORE (1937)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNDERLIES AN AREA SEVERAL SQUARE MILES IN EXTENT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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