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Dry Creek Manganese

Past Producer in Baker 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032518
MRDS ID M014076
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Creek Manganese
Alternate or previous names Ranes Prospect, Black Cap Group
Related records 10152702

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.27633, 44.71874 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Whitney(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 036E 2 SW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON DRY CREEK ABOUT 5 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OF WHITNEY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore
Psilomelane Ore
Pyrolusite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite;Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.27633, 44.71874
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • MANGANESE MINERALS TYPICALLY FILL IRREGULAR FRACTURES AND OTHER OPEN SPACES IN CHERT ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OCCURS IN QUARTZ BRECCIA AND AS MANGANESE STAINED QUARTZ.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Greenhorn

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^27.9% Mn
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Manganese Manganese 38wt-pct

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW OPEN CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBY, F. W., ET. AL, 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 17 , P. 56 .

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1959, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON, USBM REPT. OF INV. 5472, P. 18

  • Deposit

    1953 RECO

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROSPECTS CONSIST OF PODS OR LENSES AND IRREGULAR, VEIN-LIKE MASSES WITH RESTRICTED STRIKE LENGTH.

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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