The Dry Creek Manganese is a manganese mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Dry Creek Manganese MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dry Creek Manganese
Secondary: Ranes Prospect
Secondary: Black Cap Group
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1956
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^27.9% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Ore: Pyrolusite
Ore: Manganite
Comments
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE MINERALS TYPICALLY FILL IRREGULAR FRACTURES AND OTHER OPEN SPACES IN CHERT ; GEOL.DESC: MANGANESE OCCURS IN QUARTZ BRECCIA AND AS MANGANESE STAINED QUARTZ.
Comment (Location): ON DRY CREEK ABOUT 5 MILES BY ROAD NORTH OF WHITNEY
Comment (Deposit): PROSPECTS CONSIST OF PODS OR LENSES AND IRREGULAR, VEIN-LIKE MASSES WITH RESTRICTED STRIKE LENGTH.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SHALLOW OPEN CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): LIBBY, F. W., ET. AL, 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 17 , P. 56 .
Reference (Deposit): APPLING, R.N., 1959, MANGANESE DEPOSITS OF NORTHEASTERN OREGON, USBM REPT. OF INV. 5472, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): 1953 RECO
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