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Indiana Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Manganese, Lead
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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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098290
MRDS ID M014411
Record type Site
Current site name Indiana Mine
Related records 10297965

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.53963, 44.53458 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lost Basin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 012S 042E 11 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2 , 6 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Manganese Critical Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Pedro Mtn. Stock;Pedro Mtn. Stock
    Rock description Pedro Mtn. Stock;Pedro Mtn. Stock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.53963, 44.53458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 20 E
    Dip 40 - 50 W
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FREE GOLD IS APPARENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH HEMATITE AND MANGANESE OXIDES. ; GEOL.DESC: FAULT CONTACT BETWEEN GRANITE AND PORPHYRY; NO MINERALIZATION ON FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mormon Basin

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $10,000 .

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 5 SHAFTS AND 1 LONG CROSSCUT WITH 200 FEET OF DRIFT PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT $10,000 .

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 78

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON ODGMI FILE NOTE

Reporter information

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