The Uranium Occurance is a uranium and mercury 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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Uranium Occurance MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Uranium Occurance
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Primary: Mercury
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Hg
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Miocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 0.04 U
Analytical Data: 0.03 - EU
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ON DOOLEY MOUNTAIN
References
Reference (Deposit): SCHAFER, MAX, 1956 , URAN. PROSP. IN OREGON: ORE BIN
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