 | | Journal (issue) | | 17, No. 12 December 1955 87 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office~ 1069 State Office Bldg. q Portland 1, Oregon Telephone~ CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...Street Baker 239 S.E. IIH" Street Grants Pass OREGON RADIOACTIVE DISCOVERIES IN 1954 AND 1955 By T....for has been from the White King and Lucky Lass mines near Lakeview in Lake County. These two mines, about...about 1 mile apart, are under lease to the Lakeview Mining Company (Thornburg Bros.) who shipped three |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | deposits in northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon, USA Stephen B. Castor ) , Christopher D. Henry NeÕada...School of Mines, Mail Stop 178, Reno, NV 89557, USA Received 14 June 1999; accepted 24 September 1999... Abstract Northwestern Nevada and southeastern Oregon have the largest uranium ŽU. deposits in Tertiary...contain as much as 5% Zr. Gangue minerals include quartz, adularia, fluorite, and numerous sulfides. 40Arr39Ar...material, and pyrite. Deposits in the Lakeview U district, Oregon are hosted by weakly peraluminous rhyolite |  | | Report (issue) | | REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF THE LAKEVIEW URANIUM AREA, LAKE COUNTY, OREGON By George W. Walker U.S. Geological...6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Index map showing location of Lakeview uranium area —————— Index to geographic localities...through White King mine area ———————————-—•————•————————————-— Regional aeromagnetic map of Lakeview area...area, Oregon ————•—— Normative Q-Or-Ab plot of analyzed rhyolites ———————————— Mercury- and antimony-differentiation...open pit at White King mine ———— Photograph of water-filled open pit at the Lucky Lass mine — 26a 26b |  | | Journal (issue) | | December 1956 101 THE ORE. - BI N Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...ad Office; 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...PROSPECTING IN OREGON, 1956 By Max Schafer* Introduction The search for uranium deposits in Oregon in 1956 was...show such immediate promise as the White King claims in Lake County. Second, the total number of prospectors...promise as the White King claims is disappointing and unexpected. It was felt that the White King claims would |  | | Journal (issue) | | No. January 1961 THE ORE.-BIN STATE OF OREGON Portland, Oregon DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 State Governing... Steere * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * OREGON MINERAL PRODUCTION IN 1960 By Ralph S. Mason* Oregon's...from nickel, was quiet. The state's only uronium mine and one of the two mercury producers shut down....gas pipeline from Camas, Washington, to Eugene, Oregon, provided the area with an important raw material |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1 January 1959 THE ORE.-BIN Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portkmd 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 State Governing...valuation figures on minerals as they leave the pit or mine. The value of the same minerals at point of use...pound of uranium "yellow cake" was produced by Lakeview Mining Company in December; and Government support...trend begun in 1954, the production of cement in Oregon increased approximately 17 percent over last year |  | | Journal (issue) | | 1960 Abandoned mine workings, Vacationers warned (22:7:70) Active mines and mills in Oregon in 1960 (22:9:85-88)...American Mining Congress, Las Vegas meeting (22:8:81); Oregon members named (22: 10: 108); Resolutions (22: 11:...areas (22:8:84) Boron in Alvord Valley, Harney County, Oregon, by F. W. Libbey (22: 10:97-105) Bowen, Richard... receive U. S. help,(22:2:22} Crump geyser, Lake County (22:6:62); Vandal ism kills (22:8:83) Condon...that moved (Iandsl ide) (22:9:88) Fossil woods of Oregon, by Wallace Eubanks (22:7:65-69) Gold, Canada Iikes |  | | Journal (issue) | | IN Vol. 17. No.7 July 1955 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: COlumbia 2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...UTILIZATION OF CARBON-DIOXIDE-RICH WATER NEAR ASHLAND, OREGON By Max Schafer* Introduction Natural carbon-dioxide...that in 1952 (latest U.S. Bureau of Mines figures) Oregon was the third-ranking state in the nation in the...GAS-ICE CORP. PLANT SCALE o 2 OF MILES 3 4 5 OREGON &Map Area Index Map Reportedly the dry-ice industry |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 19, No.4 April 1957 29 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...with a study of chromite deposits in southwestern Oregon. Most of the State's chromite production has come...from this area and predominantly from the Oregon Chrome mine (No. 31, see map on following page). Geography...Illinois River in the western part of Josephine County. A portion of the area overlaps into R. 10 W. and |  | | Journal (issue) | | 20,No.8 August 1958 73 THE ORE.- BIN STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES Head...Head Office: 1069 State Office Gldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...minerals produced in each county and the percent of the total contributed by each county Not all segments of...MINERAL INDUSTRIES Table I. Mineral Production in Oregon , 1956-1957Y 1957 1956 Short tons (unless otherwise...000 $42,480,000 JI Productlon·as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including |  | | Report (issue) | | the McDermitt area on the Oregon-Nevada border and the Lakeview area, Oregon, about 235 km (% 145 mi)...rhyolite, rhyodacite, dacite, and quartz latite collected in southeast Oregon, southwest Idaho, northeast California...evaluate the geothermal potential of southeast Oregon. The next two largest bodies of data originated...from a study of the uranium deposits near Lakeview, Oregon (Walker, 1980) and the mercury and uranium...analyses of several rhyolitic rocks from western Elko County, Nevada. Others who have contributed samples and |  | | Journal (issue) | | ORECOM CEOLOGY formerly THE ORE BIN published by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Volume...readen: OREGON GIOLOGY VoIum~ April 1979 41,Number4 Published 1IIOnthly by the State of Oregon Department...Street. 97814 , phone (503) 523-3133 bker The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries issues...orders , renewals , snd <'.hsnges of address to OREGON GEOLOGY, 1069 State Office Building, Portland,...postsge paid st Portland , Oregon. Postmaster: Send address chsnges to OREGON GEOLOGY, 1069 State Office |  | | Journal (issue) | | December 1959 THE ORE.- BIN 115 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...such as in the Mt. Hood National Forest and on Oregon and California Railroad revested lands. Two conflicting...5-23-60 5-23-60 5-23-60 Fremont Chemult Fremant White King-Thomas Cr. Mill Flat 8,500 31,200 50,000 29...Period 5- 5-59 5- 5-59 Umatilla (Cont.) Olive Lake Silver Butte 61,400 62,960 Umpqua Bohemia Steamboat |  | | Journal (issue) | | October 1960 THE ORE.-BIN 97 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...* * * * * BORON IN ALVORD VALLEY, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON By F. W. Libbey * Introduction . The advent...Volley, south of Alvord Lake, in southern Harney County, southeastern Oregon, just east of the famous...on federal land in the general vicinity of Alvord Lake basin. The present paper describes the conditions |  | | Journal (issue) | | Vol. 21, No.7 July 1959 61 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...the U. S. Bureau of Mines give a total val ue for Oregon minerals produced in 1958 of $45,053,000, which...the stockpile, and * Mining Engineer, State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. ...gives the value of the minerals produced in each county and lists the minerals in order of their importance |  | | Journal (issue) | | No.8 August, 1966 STEIN'S PI LLAR AREA, CENTRAL OREGON By Aaron C. Waters Department of Geology, University...base. It lies about 17 miles east of Prineville, Oregon, and is easily reached by following U.S. Highway...andesite flows and mudflows which * According to the Oregon Historicol Society, Steins Pillor should more properly...Fort Dolles andGreatSalt Lake. Their route through central and sou theastern Oregon became known as the "Steen's...supports a forest of ponderOsa and lodgepole pine. (Oregon State Highway Deportment photograph.) 138 underlie |  | | Journal (issue) | | economy has resulted in the instituting by several county planning commissions of surveys to identify existing...with rock-solid payroll$. The recent discovery in Oregon of large quantities of a mineral which has possible...The Oregon King Consol idated Mines, Inc., reopened the Oregon *Mining Engineer, State of Oregon Dept...Dept. Geology & Mineral Industries King mine in Crook County following publication of a report by the...Mines completed 1,450 feet of tunnel near the Musick mine under a contract with the Office of Minerals Exploration |  | | Journal (issue) | | 23, No.4 April 1961 THE ORE.- BIN 33 STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES Head...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...* * * * * * * * * * * * SKIN DIVING FOR GOLD IN OREGON* Introduction The combination of leisure time,...diver who wants to try his luck looking for gold in Oregon. Most of the information on methods and equipment...' Historica,lly, the recovery of placer gold in Oregon began in July, 1850, with the discovery at the |  | | Journal (issue) | | February 1956 9 THE ORE. - BI N Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Pass_ and nickel sold under government contract, Oregon miners and mineral producers operated without federol...use. Oregon Portland Cement Company opened a new quarry on their property at Lime, Baker County, and...additions to their quarry facilities at Dallas, Polk County. According to the Baker Record Courier the Chemical...MBO LS AI B Cr Cu o Hg Mg No Ni U STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY NEW AND PROPOSED AND MINERAL |  | | Journal (issue) | | 20, No.1 January 1 958 THE ORE.-BIN Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGO N DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 State Governing...Ralph S. Mason* The value of minerals produced in Oregon in 1957 increased a whopping 11 percent over last...product basis the value of minerals produced in Oregon would be several times that reported. Furthermore...by the mineral and metallurgical industries in Oregon in 1956, most of them on a year-around basis. Mineral |  | | Journal (issue) | | June, 1962 THE DISCOVERIES OF NEW MINERALS IN OREGON by Lloyd W. Staples* In October 1948 there appeared...writer discussed those minerals first found in Oregon. Thirteen years have elapsed since the publ ication...and because of new discoveries, it seems worth white to bring the material up to date. The term "new...for those minerals which were first discovered in Oregon and were adequately described so that they became...discovery, 8 new minerals first described from Oregon are given below (see index map). In three instances |  | | Journal (issue) | | October 1955 THE ORE.-BIN 71 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: Capitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Office:s...**** LIST OF ACTIVE MINES IN OREGON 1955 Interest in mining in Oregon is evidenced by the many requests...Curry County Sec. 36 T. 40 S., R. 11 W. Bowers Mill Dana W. Bowers Medford, Ore. Josephine County Sec...Ore. G rant County John Day Foster Mill Ernest Foster Grants Pass, Ore. Joseph i ne County Sec. 28 T |  | | Journal (issue) | | prices during the year, mining Oregon quicksi Iver declined from 1,364 flasks in 1965...producer was the famous Block Butte mine in southern Lane County. The property was sold by American Mercury...in Canada. The Bretz mine, located near the Nevada line in southern Malheur County, exhausted al,l available...Bretz has produced * Mining Engineer, State of Oregon Dept. Geology & Mineral Industries. more than...development done at the Doodlebug mine 1965 1966 in southern Jackson County by five local mining men. A 359 |  | | Journal (issue) | | GROUND WATER IN THE ORCHARD SYNCLINE, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON* By R. C. Newcomb Abstract Rocky Prairie anticline...Geological Survey, Ground Water Branch, Portland, Oregon. * Publication authorized by the Director of the...were added to Mr. Newcomb's paper by the State of Oregon Department of Geology and Minerai Industries.]...in the Co---'-I-",mbia River Basalt, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho: U.S. Geol. Survey Prof. Paper 383-A...Survey. This is Bulletin 1119, IIGeologyof Portland, Oregon, and adjacent areas, II an 119-page report and |  | | Journal (issue) | | April 1959 THE ORE.-BIN 31 Portland, Oregon STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES...Head Office: 1069 State Office Bldg., Portland 1, Oregon Telephone: CApitol 6-2161, Ext. 488 Field Offices...of gold which came from both placer and vein or quartz mining. Up to 1865, vein mining accounted for very...returned to California and from this date vein and quartz mining flourished as placer mining declined. The...labor and material. * Mining Engineer, Portland, Oregon. 18010 1850 1860 1870 1880 1890 .. j |
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