Dallas Manganese

Occurrence in Polk county in Oregon, United States with commodity Manganese
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10036518
MRDS ID M025350
Record type Site
Current site name Dallas Manganese
Related records 10177605

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.37064, 44.9223 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Polk(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dallas(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Corvallis(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Salem(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Willamette(hydrologic unit)

Willamette(hydrologic accounting unit)

Willamette(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Polk

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 007S 006W 36 NW4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • EXPOSED IN THE BED OF RICKERALL CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hausmannite Ore

Analytical data

Result 10.57-14.97% MN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.37064, 44.9223

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 15W
    Thickness 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE OXIDES OCCUR IN THIN VEINLETS AND AS DISSEMINATIONS IN BRECCIATED TUFF ALONG A BASALT DIKE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • OUTCROP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1951, ODGMI BULL. 14-D, P. 145

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-D, 1952, P. 145

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIN VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF MANGANESE OXIDES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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