Black Bear

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Alteration
  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. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043042
MRDS ID M061517
Record type Site
Current site name Black Bear
Alternate or previous names Black Beauty
Related records 10152666

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.9556, 42.00426 (WGS84)
Elevation 347

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 011W 14 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Chert In Manganiferous Zone Is Gray, Porous & Soft

Analytical data

Result A SIX FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE ASSAYED 17.6 % MN
Result 1.76 % FE AND 60.2 % SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Chert
    Rock unit name Dothan
    Rock description Dothan

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.9556, 42.00426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N-NE
    Dip 40-50E
    Length 13.72M
    Width 9.14M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Zone Of Brecciation - N75e, South Dip

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CHERT VARIES FROM WHITE & PINK TO REDDISH-PURPLE THAT IS VERY HARD & DENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sourdough-Vulcan Peak

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • SHIPMENT REJECTED AS NOT MEETING SPECIFICATIONS

Comments on the workings information

  • ADIT 30, TRENCH 75X15 DEEPSHIPMENT REJECTED AS NOT MEETING SPECIFICATIONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.44

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R.N., 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT. INVEST. 5369, P.5

  • Deposit

    LIBBEY, F.W. AND OTHERS, 1942, MANGANESE IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 17, P.40

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013196) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1979 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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