Us BLM Well

The Us BLM Well is a geothermal mine located in Harney 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

Name: Us BLM Well

State:  Oregon

County:  Harney

Elevation:

Commodity: Geothermal

Lat, Long: 42.2331, -118.45890

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Us BLM Well MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Us BLM Well


Commodity

Primary: Geothermal


Location

State: Oregon
County: Harney


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Well
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Basin And Range Province
Physiographic Section: Great Basin


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Not available


Comments

Comment (Deposit): TEMPERATURE IS 26 DEG. AT 160 M DEPTH. (BLACK, 1994).


References

Reference (Deposit): REPORT 0-94-09, 15 P., DISKETTE (1.4MB).

Reference (Deposit): DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, OPEN-FILE

Reference (Deposit): LOW-TEMPERATURE GEOTHERMAL DATABASE FOR OREGON: OREGON

Reference (Deposit): BLACK, G.L., 1994, DIGITAL DATA AND SELECTED TEXTS FROM


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