The Bulldozer Creek Uranium is a uranium mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Bulldozer Creek Uranium MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bulldozer Creek Uranium
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Virtue (?)
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Nobel Knight
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Pumice
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: U3O8 CHEM. ANALYSIS = .13 .
Analytical Data: U3O8 EQUIVALENT = .07
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): MATTHEWS, T. C., DEC. 1955 , OREGON RADIOACTIVE DISCOVERIES IN 1954 AND 1955 : ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, VOL 17 , NO 12 , P. 88
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