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Manganese Occurrence

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Manganese
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032999
MRDS ID M014845
Record type Site
Current site name Manganese Occurrence
Related records 10128191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.3183, 44.72928 (WGS84)
Relative position ROADCUT 1 MILE S.W. OF HAMILTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hamilton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monument(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 028E 02 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Clay Alteration

Analytical data

Result 31 % MN AND 7 % BAO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff
    Rock unit name Lower John Day Formation
    Rock description Lower John Day Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.3183, 44.72928
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULES

Comments on the geologic information

  • BROWN AND RED VOLCANIC TUFFS OF L JOHN DAY FM. ; GEOL.DESC: NODULES ARE IMPURE PSILOMELANE WITH INCLUDED TUFF

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Middle Fork (?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., AND WAGNER, N. S., 1951 , ORIGIN OF MANGANESE NODULES FOUND NEAR HAMILTON, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: ODGMI, ORE BIN, NOV., VOL. 13 , NO. 11 , P. 71

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED NODULES AND PARTICLES AT SURFACE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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