The Ibex & Bald Mountain is a mine located in Grant 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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Ibex & Bald Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ibex & Bald Mountain
Commodity
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cracker Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Year: 1972
Material type: ORE
Description: Ap_Grade: ^.46oz/Ton Au
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RATIO OF SULFIDES TO GANGUE IS LESS THAN 5 PERCENT. RATIO GOLD TO SILVER ABOUT 1:10 OR LESS.GOLD 30 PERCENT FREE
Materials
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: VEIN IN ARGILLITE NEAR CONTACT WITH YOUNGER GRANODIORITE; STRIKES N. 25 DEG TO 60 DEG E., DIPS 60 DEG TO 80 DEG SE.; VARIES FROM 5 TO 25 FEET IN WIDTH.
Comment (Workings): FOUR ADITS AND A SHAFT TOTAL 10,000 FT; LOWEST ADIT CUTS VEIN ABOUT 1000 FT. BELOW OUTCROP.
Comment (Location): NEAR THE HEAD OF DEEP CREEK AND MC CULLY FORK ON THE JOHN DAY RIVER DIVIDE.
Comment (Production): IN 1937 , 113.86 TONS WERE SHIPPED NETTING $1,403.50 .& IN 1969, 61 TONS OF ORE (.61OZ/TON AU; 14.75OZ/TONAG) WERE SHIPPED.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P.75
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 61, P.75
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON, USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 2, P.667
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