Lost Creek Quarry, Jackson Co., Oregon, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 42° 45' 13'' North , 122° 29' 12'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 42.75361,-122.48667 |
Köppen climate type: | Csb : Warm-summer Mediterranean climate |
U S DEPT. OF LABOR, MINE SAFETY & HEALTH ADMIN. (MSHA) RECORDS
Commodities (Major) - Stone
Development Status: Past Producer
No minerals currently recorded for this locality.
Regional Geology
This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 1511040 | Late High Cascade Volcanics; Mazama Volcano; Mazama Ash Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Description: Pumice and ash Mt. Mazama; volcaniclastic rocks; welded tuff; ash/tuff Lithology: Major:: {ash}; Major:: {ash-flow tuff, gray, pink, white, black, buff; lithology: rhyodacite, dacite, andesite} Reference: R.L. Smith, W.P. Roe (compilers). Oregon Geologic Data Compilation, release 6. State of Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries. [20] |
Holocene 0 - 0.0117 Ma ID: 2941865 | Mazama ash-flow deposits Age: Anthropocene (0 - 0.0117 Ma) Description: Rhyodacitic to andesitic ash-flow deposits related to climactic eruptions of Mount Mazama about 6,845 yr B.P. (14C) (Bacon, 1983) Lithology: Major:{dacite,andesite} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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