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Mack Claims

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033004
MRDS ID M014854
Record type Site
Current site name Mack Claims
Alternate or previous names Red Jacket
Related records 10298941

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.38413, 44.25485 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aldrich Mountain South(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 015S 028E 20 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON LOST CABIN CREEK, 33 MILES FROM JOHN DAY, HALF BY HIGHWAY, HALF BY FOREST ROAD.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • CONSIDERABLE MANGANESE OXIDE STAIN, CONTAINS HIGH DEGREE OF IMPURITIES; ORE IS LOW GRADE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue

Analytical data

Result HIGHER GRADE SAMPLES ASSAY AT 29% MN
Result LOWER GRADE ASSAYS RANGE FROM TRACE TO 3.2% MN AND FROM NIL TO 0.08OZ/TON AU (LIBBEY ET AL , 1942)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.38413, 44.25485
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • CHERTS INTERBEDDED IN SERPENTINE. ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OXIDE STAIN IS OF CONSIDERABLE EXTENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • IT IS QUESTIONABLE WHETHER THERE IS SUFFICIENT MANGANESE PRESENT TO WARRANT DEVELOPMENT.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO OR THREE VERY SHALLOW CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B. P. 152 .

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., ET. AL., 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 17 , P. 59 .

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 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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