The Bi Metallic is a molybdenum, gold, lead, zinc, copper, nickel, magnesite, chromium, and silver 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Molybdenum, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Nickel, Magnesite, Chromium, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.72056, -118.54028
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Bi Metallic MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bi Metallic
Secondary: Intrinsic
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Nickel
Primary: Magnesite
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Greenhorn
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Umatilla National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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: 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: Molybdenite
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4, 2 1/2 MILES WEST OF GREENHORN
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY SEVERAL ADITS; ONE INCLUDES 2150-FOOT CROSSCUT AND 410-FOOT DRIFT.
Comment (Geology): TRACE OF NI REPORTED FROM A LEACHED BRECCIA CHARACTERIZED BY A QUARTZ STRINGER STOCKWORK. SILVER-BEARING TETRAHEDRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE OCCURS IN A QUARTZ, CALCITE, FELDSPAR GANGUE. DIORITE COUNTRY ROCK IS LOCALLY FRACTURED AND SILICIFIED.
Comment (Deposit): MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN A FEW PLACES IN THE DIORITE. CHROMITE OCCURS AS SMALL BODIES IN ADJACENT SERPENTINITE.
References
Reference (Deposit): ALLEN, R.M., 1948, GEOLOGY AND MINERALIZATION OF THE MORNING MINE AND ADJACENT REGION, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 39, P. 39
Reference (Deposit): MULLEN, E.D., 1979, GEOLOGY OF THE GREENHORN MOUNTAINS, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1971, BIMETALLIC MINE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 RECON ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPOR
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968 , GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL 61 , P. 111 .
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 73 .
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