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Shamrock Manganese

Producer in Jackson 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043050
MRDS ID M061527
Record type Site
Current site name Shamrock Manganese

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.9767, 42.59732 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boswell Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Crater Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 002W 19 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Alabandite Ore
Rhodonite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Quartzite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.9767, 42.59732
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form ELONGATED PODS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1956
    Period Pre 1956
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^29-32 Mn, 2-4 Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Iron Iron 3wt-pct
    Major Ore Manganese Manganese 31wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • USBM REMOVED #1

Comments on the workings information

  • ROAD CUTS, ADIT USBM REMOVED #1

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    APPLING, R N, 1958, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; USBM REPT INV 5472, P 45

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N J AND OTHERS, 1977, PRELIMINARY RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE WIMER QUADRANGLE, OREGON; USGS GEOL MAP MF-848

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SCATTERED EXPOSURES ALONG CREEK BANK

Reporter information

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

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