Mineral resources of the Blue Canyon and Owyhee Breaks Wilderness Study Areas, Malheur County, Oregon

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OSTI ID:5194729

Vandey Meulen, D B; Barlock, V E; Plumley, P S; Frisken, J G; Griscom, A ^[1]; Causey, J D ^[2]

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1. US, Geological Survey (US)
2. US, Bureau of Mines (US)

This paper reports on Blue Canyon and Owyhee Breaks Wilderness Study Areas are underlain by Tertiary volcanic and sedimentary rocks. The study area, which includes parts of a high plateau and the Mahogany Mountain Caldera, has undergone basin-and-range extensional tectonism and occupies a regional lacustrine basin cut by faults. Blue Canyon Wilderness Study Area contains identified resources of jasper and perlite. Owyhee Breaks Wilderness Study Area contains occurrences of bentonite, jasper, and zeolite minerals. The resource potential is high for gold, solver, mercury, and molybdenum; moderate for additional gold, bentonite, diatomite, and geothermal; and low for zinc, fluorite, oil, and gas.

• OSTI ID: 5194729
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Technical Paper Bulletins B-174
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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