Hurricane Creek

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Limestone, General, Sulfur-Pyrite

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032861
MRDS ID	M014639
Record type	Site
Current site name	Hurricane Creek
Related records	10177634

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.33436, 45.29986 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	003S	044E	16	SE	Oregon

Comments on the location information

SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Limestone, General	Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite	Primary

Analytical data

Result	CONTAINS NUMEROUS PYRITE CUBES AS MUCH AS AN EIGHTH OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER.

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.33436, 45.29986	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Both metallic and non-metallic
Significant	No

Land status

Area name	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M014639
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410630044

Bibliographic references

Deposit

MOORE, B. H., 1937 , NONMETALLIC RESOURCES OF EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 875 , P. 132 - 133

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MEDIUM-GRAINED GRAY MARBLE

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JUN-1976	Lee, W.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1978	Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.)	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries