Indianna Mine

Past Producer in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033332
MRDS ID M015649
Record type Site
Current site name Indianna Mine
Related records 10299182

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.30244, 45.05929 (WGS84)
Elevation 1402

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Limber Jim Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Grande Ronde(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 036E 09 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE GRANDE RONDE RIVER OPPOSITE THE MOUTH OF MUIR CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

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 Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.30244, 45.05929

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer John Muir
Year of first production 1935

Mining district

District name Camp Carson

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^35 Oz/Ton Ag
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Ore Silver Silver 988g/mt

Comments on the production information

  • ITEM 8: SMALL CAVED STOPES INDICATE SOME MINING WAS DONE; TONNAGE AND GRADE UNKNOWN. PORBABLY LESS THAN 50,000 OZ/AG TOTAL PRODUCTION

Comments on the workings information

  • SMALL CAVED STOPES INDICATE SOME MINING WAS DONE; TONNAGE AND GRADE UNKNOWN. PORBABLY LESS THAN 50,000 OZ/AG TOTAL PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1945, INDIANNA MINE: ODGMI UNPUB. REPT.

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1945, INDIANNA MINE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1945 RECON ODGMI UNPBU. REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Brooks, Howard C. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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