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Black Caps Lode Claim

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Manganese, Gold
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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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032667
MRDS ID M014316
Record type Site
Current site name Black Caps Lode Claim
Alternate or previous names Black Lode
Related records 10127840

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.6702, 44.72125 (WGS84)

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 3 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 1/4 MILE DUE SOUTH OF LAST CHANCE QUARTZ CLAIM.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Manganite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CAN BE SORTED TO 30 - 45 % MANGANESE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.6702, 44.72125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 6.1M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BANDED LENTICULAR CHERT, INTERBEDDED WITH SHALE. ; GEOL.DESC: CHERT IS MORE OR LESS REPLACED AND IMPREGNATED WITH MANGANITE. CONSIDERABLE CLAY-LIKE AND SOAPSTONE-LIKE MATERIAL ACCOMPANIES ORE. PERSISTANT QUARTZ VEIN WAS SAMPLED BUT SHOWED NO VALUES OF IMPORTANCE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pleasant Valley Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. S. Foster

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS AND A 20-FOOT TRENCH.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL. 17 , P. 51 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 106

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD ( M014320 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE

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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