The Powder River Iron is a iron mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Powder River Iron MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Powder River Iron
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Sparta
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Podiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1942
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Northwest Shear Zones
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Hematite
Comments
Comment (Production): 110 SHORT TONS SHIPPED IN 1962 (67.2% FE; 2.0% SIO2; 0.05% P; 0.005% S
Comment (Deposit): MAGNETITE PODS ARE WIDELY DISPERSED AND VERY SMALL IN SIZE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): HOST ROCKS ARE DIKES.
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1963, POWDER RIVER IRON OCCURENCE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES.
Reference (Deposit): 1944, ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1960, ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1963, POWDER RIVER IRON OCCURRENCE, ODGMI SPECIAL REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1944 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1960 GEOLMAP ODGMI SPECIAL FILE REPORT
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