Mineral resources of the Alvord Desert and East Alvord study areas, Harney and Malheur counties, Oregon
By: by Alan R. Buehler and Donald E. Graham
Contributors: Graham, Donald E.; United States. Bureau of Mines. Western Field Operations Center; United States. Bureau of Land Management; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Series: Mineral land assessment 1987, open file report / Bureau of Mines -- 53-87; MLA (Series) -- 87-53.
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Western Field Operations Center
Published: 1987
Place of publication: Spokane, Wash
Language: eng
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; Prospecting; Wilderness areas
Description: "In 1986, at the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Bureau of Mines studied part of the 256,430-acre Alvord Desert, and part of the 22,240-acre East Alvord Wilderness Study Area (OR-002-074 and OR-002-073A, respectively), in order to evaluate their identified mineral resources. The study areas are located in Harney and Malheur counties, OR, about 25 mi northeast of the small village of Fields ... This report describes the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) portion of a cooperative study with the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) ... The USBM uses all pertinent mining-activities data and information from site-specific examinations of mine workings or known mineral occurrences to identify mineral resources"--Leaf 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 14-18).

Also available online via Internet Archive.