Upper Pike Creek

Occurrence in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Uranium
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274188
MRDS ID M050437
MAS/MILS ID 0410250109
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Pike Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -118.56492, 42.59157 (WGS84)
Elevation 1768
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Alvord Hot Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Steens Mountain(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 034 S 034 E 18 NWNW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • COULD NOT FIND THIS SITE DURING 1995 INVESTIGATION. LOCATION BASED ON SCHAFER, 1956 REPORT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Autunite Unknown
Iron Oxides-Hydrated Unknown
Manganese Ox-Hydrous Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -118.56492, 42.59157

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Date of Last Modification 950830

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Steens-Pueblo District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SCHAFER, M., 1956, UNPUBLISHED DOGAMI FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS,T.C., 1956, RADIOACTIVE OCCURRENCES IN OREGON, 1956

  • Deposit

    THE ORE BIN, V. 18, NO. 12, P. 106.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 06-SEP-95 Boleneus, David E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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