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Stibnite Mine

Producer in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110459
MRDS ID W017077
Record type Site
Current site name Stibnite Mine
Alternate or previous names Parker and Antimony Mine
Related records 10153834

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.21772, 45.06652 (WGS84)
Elevation 1951

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anthony Butte(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 037E 05 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT IS IN THE E1/2 OF SEC. 5 AND IN THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE AT ABOUT 6400 FT ELEVATION. POINT LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary

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) -118.21772, 45.06652
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip STEEP

Comments on the geologic information

  • STIBNITE IS CONTAINED IN QUARTZ VEINS WHICH RANGE FROM LESS THAN 1 INCH TO 1 FOOT THICK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1900

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 3 CARLOADS OF ANTIMONY ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1917-1918. ASSAY VALUE OF THE SHIPMENTS IS UNKNOWN.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 152.4M

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SHALLOW ADITS, SHAFTS AND DOZER TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1944, ANTIMONY IN OREGON: ODGMI SHORT PAPER NO. 13, P. 9.

  • Deposit

    RICHARDS, L.C., 1942, STIBNITE MINE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1976 Weeks, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 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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