Mine detail: Pike Creek Carnotite Group

Previously called 'Carnotite GroupKiskaLuck Canyon'

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Location: Harney County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 42.58293, -118.55074
dep_id: 10036283
mrds_id: M025042
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Uranium
Trace mineral: Mercury
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Past Producer
model: 155: Volcanogenic U
ore_ctrl: Breccia Zone
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.)
hrock_unit: Pike Creek Formation
hrock_type: Tuff,Rhyolite
disc_yr: 1955
discr: Dewey Quier
References:
  • Deposit:: CORCORAN, R. E. AND WAGNER, N. S., 1955, PIKE CREEK CARNOTITE GROUP; ODGMI UNPUBLISHED FILE REPORT
  • Deposit:: PETERSON, N. V., 1969, URANIUM, IN MINERAL AND WATER RESOURCES OF OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 64, P. 184
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