The Black Caps Lode Claim is a manganese and gold 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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Black Caps Lode Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Caps Lode Claim
Secondary: Black Lode
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Pleasant Valley Area
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: R. S. Foster
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ORE CAN BE SORTED TO 30 - 45 % MANGANESE.
Materials
Ore: Manganite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 1/4 MILE DUE SOUTH OF LAST CHANCE QUARTZ CLAIM.
Comment (Geology): BANDED LENTICULAR CHERT, INTERBEDDED WITH SHALE. ; GEOL.DESC: CHERT IS MORE OR LESS REPLACED AND IMPREGNATED WITH MANGANITE. CONSIDERABLE CLAY-LIKE AND SOAPSTONE-LIKE MATERIAL ACCOMPANIES ORE. PERSISTANT QUARTZ VEIN WAS SAMPLED BUT SHOWED NO VALUES OF IMPORTANCE.
Comment (Deposit): CONSV. RECORD ( M014320 ) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL SMALL OPEN CUTS AND A 20-FOOT TRENCH.
References
Reference (Deposit): LIBBEY, F. W., 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL. 17 , P. 51 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 106
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1DEG BY 2DEG QUADRANGLE, ODGMI GMS-7, GEOL. MAP
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