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Ibex & Bald Mountain

Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Mercury, Copper, Antimony
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032994
MRDS ID M014836
Record type Site
Current site name Ibex & Bald Mountain
Related records 10274206

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30688, 44.81096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon 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

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 036E 04 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR THE HEAD OF DEEP CREEK AND MC CULLY FORK ON THE JOHN DAY RIVER DIVIDE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mercury Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Antimony Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cinnabar Ore
Pyrargyrite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result RATIO OF SULFIDES TO GANGUE IS LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. RATIO GOLD TO SILVER ABOUT 1:10 OR LESS.GOLD 30 PERCENT FREE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Bald Mountain Batholith
    Rock description Bald Mountain Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 - 60 E
    Dip 60 - 80 SE
    Width 7.62M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN ARGILLITE NEAR CONTACT WITH YOUNGER GRANODIORITE; STRIKES N. 25 DEG TO 60 DEG E., DIPS 60 DEG TO 80 DEG SE.; VARIES FROM 5 TO 25 FEET IN WIDTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek

Production statistics

  • Year 1972
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^.46oz/Ton Au
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 13g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1937 , 113.86 TONS WERE SHIPPED NETTING $1,403.50 .& IN 1969, 61 TONS OF ORE (.61OZ/TON AU; 14.75OZ/TONAG) WERE SHIPPED.

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR ADITS AND A SHAFT TOTAL 10,000 FT; LOWEST ADIT CUTS VEIN ABOUT 1000 FT. BELOW OUTCROP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P.75

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.75

  • Deposit

    LINDGREN W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON, USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P.667

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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