Pike Creek Thunder Eggs

Producer in Harney county in Oregon, United States with commodity Semiprecious Gemstone
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10298765
MAS/MILS ID 0410250316
Record type Site
Current site name Pike Creek Thunder Eggs

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -118.54492, 42.58267 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
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

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 17 CSWSW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Semiprecious Gemstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -118.54492, 42.58267

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the ownership information

  • BLM HAS DESIGNATED THIS AS A COLLECTING AREA FOR THUNDEREGGS. THE QUALITY IS GENERALLY POOR TO FAIR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VISITED IN 1995. BLM HAS DIRECTIONS FOR THIS LOCALITY

  • Deposit

    AT THE BURNS DISTRICT OFFICE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-JUL-95 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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