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Willow Creek #1 Community Pit

Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10249946
MRDS ID OR07733
MAS/MILS ID 0410250300
Record type Site
Current site name Willow Creek #1 Community Pit
Related records 10054647

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -118.281, 42.28097 (WGS84)
Elevation 1344
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Red Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Alvord Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Adel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alvord Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(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 Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037 S 036 E 33 NWSE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -118.281, 42.28097
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Date of Last Modification 950718

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Mining method Open Pit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Bureau Of Land Management
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1993

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES MILOC DATABASE, 1993.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A 6 TO 10 FT HIGH BANK OF GRAVEL IS BEING MINED ALONG A 300 FT LENGTH FROM THIS BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT COMMUNITY PIT. THE GRAVEL CONSISTS OF VOLCANICS UP TO 4 IN. DIAMETER MIXED WITH SILT AND POORLY SORTED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-JUL-95 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

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