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Black Prince

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032703
MRDS ID M014385
Record type Site
Current site name Black Prince
Related records 10200846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.59546, 44.69819 (WGS84)

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)

Burnt(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 17 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ORE IS HIGH GRADE AND NOT SILICEOUS

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.59546, 44.69819
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pleasant Valley

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • "SHOULD BE DEVELOPED FURTHER"

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 2 LARGE SHALLOW DIGGINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F. W., ET AL, 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL 17 , P. 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 MANGANESE ORE EXPOSED FOR 75 FT. IN EAST-WESTERLY DIRECTION ON TOP OF RIDGE.

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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