Ibex Mine

Prospect in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Antimony, Arsenic, Copper, Gold, Mercury, Silver
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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10274407
MRDS ID M025433
MAS/MILS ID 0410230441
Record type Site
Current site name Ibex Mine
Related records 10036567

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.29935, 44.81265 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009 S 036 E 04 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Arsenic Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Primary
Mercury Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.29935, 44.81265

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cracker Creek District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ANN. REPT. 22, 1901, P. 667.

  • Deposit

    HEWITT, D.F., 1931, ZONAL RELATIONS OF THE LODES OF THE

  • Deposit

    SUMPTER QUADRANGLE: AIME TRANS., V. 5, P. 312-330.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 61, 1968, P. 75.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MAP GMS-22, 1982.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 16-FEB-93 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

External references