"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.