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Black Joe Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032704
MRDS ID M014389
Record type Site
Current site name Black Joe Mine
Related records 10224384

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.61631, 44.69236 (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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 010S 042E 18 NE OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.61631, 44.69236
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN / TABULAR
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN OF FLINTY - TEXTURED QUARTZ WITH SEAMS AND SMALL CAVITIES FILLED WITH SOFTER MANGANESE OXIDES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pleasant Valley

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW WORKINGS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 51 .

  • 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

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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