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Red Hill Manganese

Occurrence in Harney 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095152
MRDS ID M015535
Record type Site
Current site name Red Hill Manganese
Related records 10176687

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.14939, 43.84318 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Harney(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Landing Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Burns(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Silvies(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Harney

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 020S 030E 08 S OF S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON DRINKWATER HOMESTEAD; 3 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 11 CLAIMS STAKED (BUT NOT FILED).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Psilomelane Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH-GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Pyroclastic Rock > Tuff

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.14939, 43.84318
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • RED IRON-STAINED TUFF INTERBEDDED WITH WHITE TUFF. RHYOLITE RIM ROCK CAPPING. ; GEOL.DESC: SEAMS FOUND AT BASE OF RHYOLITE CAP; HIGH-GRADE PSILOMELANE (?) NODULES FORM SURFACE CONCENTRATIONS WHERE RHYOLITE IS COMPLETELY ERODED. TUFF MAY CONTAIN FROM 2 - 5 % OF NODULES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1938
Discoverer Lee Bryan, Phil Smith, And Alma Davis.

Mining district

District name Silvies

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lee Bryan, William And Robert Drinkwater

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUTS ONLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F.W., ETAL., 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 17 , P. 61

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-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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