Mineral resources of the Blitzen River Study Area, Harney County, Oregon
By: by Phillip R. Moyle
Contributors: 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 -- 56-87; MLA (Series) -- 87-56.
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: 14
Subjects: Mines and mineral resources; Prospecting; Wilderness areas; Tertiary Geologic Period
Description: "In 1986, at the request of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Bureau of Mines studied 21,530 acres of the 54,960-acre Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area (OR-002-086E) ... The study area is 65 miles south of Burns, OR, on the west slope of the Steens Mountains ... This report describes the USBM (U.S. Bureau of Mines) portion of a cooperative study with the USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) to evaluate the mineral resources and potential ... The USBM examines individual mines, prospects, claims, and mineralized zones, and evaluates identified mineral and energy resources"--Leaf 4.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (leaves 12-14).

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