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Unnamed Diatomite Deposit

Prospect in Lake 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. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298353
MAS/MILS ID 0410370213
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Diatomite Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -120.74689, 43.22904 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Christmas Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Christmas Valley(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Crescent(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Summer Lake(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Lake

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 027 S 017 E 19 C Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Diatomite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Trench (1) -120.74689, 43.22904
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA WILL BE MINED FOR DIATOMITE IN THE FUTURE. HOST ROCK IS THE PETTUS LAKE MBR. OF FORT ROCK FORM, PL. 10.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Oil-Dri Production Inc.
    Interest 100
    Year 1994

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MORRISON, MIKE, 1994, PERSONAL COMMUN.

  • Deposit

    COLBATH AND STEELE, 1982, GEOLOGY OF DIATOMITE IN CHRISTMAS

  • Deposit

    VALLEY: OREGON GEOLOGY, VOL. 44, NO. 10, P. 111-118.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-94 Boleneus, David E. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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