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La Rae No. 1

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033310
MRDS ID M015619
Record type Site
Current site name La Rae No. 1
Related records 10250628

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.70352, 44.0218 (WGS84)
Relative position 10 MILES SW OF BROGAN, OR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckbrush Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Bully(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016S 041E 9 NW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 62
USGS model code 18d
Deposit model name Skarn Fe

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Weatherby Limestone
    Rock description Weatherby Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.70352, 44.0218
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PODIFORM
    Strike N80W
    Dip 90

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE PODS OCCUR ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE LIMESTONE AND ANDESITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Malheur

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Gosmeyer, J. E.

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE PIT 8 FT DEEP WAS DUG TO EXPOSE A VEIN OF MASSIVE MAGNETITE 6 FEET WIDE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1956, ODGMI FILE REPORT

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1956, OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1956 RECON ODGM

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SURFACE OBSERVATIOS DO NOT INDICATE A MINABLE QUANTITY OF ORE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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