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Dern Property

Occurrence 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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032539
MRDS ID M014113
Record type Site
Current site name Dern Property
Related records 10152855

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.12604, 44.40819 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF UNITY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Unity(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 037E 25 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SEVEN UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES FROM TUFF RAN 10.2 % MN
Result PICKED PIECES OF FLOAT RAN 41.1 % MN.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 156
USGS model code 25g
Deposit model name Epithermal Mn

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.12604, 44.40819
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL NODULES ARE SCATTERED THROUGHOUT A 2 FOOT THICK LAYER OF TUFF. TUFF AND INTERBEDDED GRAVELS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt River Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 40-FOOT INCLINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., ET AL., 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 17 , P. 57 .

  • Deposit

    LOWRY, W.D., 1968, GEOLOGY OF THE IRONSIDE MTN. QUADRANGLE, OREGON; ODGMI OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 71 AND MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL SCATTERED CONCENTRATIONS, 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER.
Deposit REFERENCE NUMBER (M014112) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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