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Black Bird #1 Claim

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032665
MRDS ID M014314
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bird #1 Claim
Related records 10127775

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.65131, 44.71764 (WGS84)
Elevation 1259

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Encina(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 041E 2 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ONE-FORTH MILE NORTH (1), ON THE SW SIDE OF A NW TRENDING RIDGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE RAN 20 % MANGANESE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.65131, 44.71764
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED
    Strike N 70 W
    Dip 45 N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LETICULAR CHERT ZONE PARTIALLY REPLACED BY MANGANESE OXIDE. ORE IS HIGHLY SILICEOUS AND CONTAINS MUCH YELLOW LIMONITIC MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pleasant Valley Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SMALL PITS AND CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., ET AL., 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 17 , P 49 - 50 .

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976 GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1DEG BY 2DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7, GEOL. MAP

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MEDIUM TO LOW GRADE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-1979 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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