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Black Negro

Prospect 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032701
MRDS ID M014383
Record type Site
Current site name Black Negro
Alternate or previous names Black Nigger

Comments on the site names

  • The original site name contained a derogatory word that has been changed according to Department of the Interior policy outlined at http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/pro_pol_pro.pdf. See Chap. 3, Policy V. The revised form of the name now appears in the permanent record as the "Current" or preferred site name, and the prior, derogatory name is labeled "Previous".

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Geographic coordinates: Elevation UTM Precision Relative position Point location
-117.56185, 44.73069 (WGS84)
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Ore Body -117.56435, 44.72708 (WGS84) 1000 Data from MAS entry

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oxman(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 042E 3 NWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.56185, 44.73069
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Ore Body (2) -117.56435, 44.72708
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Pleasant Valley

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Libbey, F. W., Et. Al., 1942 , Manganese In Oregon: ODGMI Bulletin 17 , P. 50

  • Deposit

    Oregon Metal Mines Handbook, 1939 , ODGMI Bulletin 14 - A, P. 71 .

  • 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

  • Deposit

    U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 725-C, 1921, P. 224.

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau Of Mines Report of Investigation 5472, 1959, P. 6-7.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-76 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-OCT-79 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-93 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Reporter 03-JUN-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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