The Pinky Manganese is a manganese mine located in Baker county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Pinky Manganese MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pinky Manganese
Secondary: Black Out Claims
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Upper Burnt River
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: H. J. Spivey
Home Office: Baker, Or.
Production
Year: 1957
Time Period: 1957
Material type: ORE
Description: Cp_Grade: ^36.3% Mn
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Deposit Type: Replacement
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
Model Name: Volcanogenic Mn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Rhodonite
Ore: Manganite
Ore: Pyrolusite
Comments
Comment (Location): NW 1/4 NE 1/4
Comment (Geology): MANGANESE OXIDES ARE CONCENTRATED ALONG FOLIATION PLANES IN THE SCHIST.
References
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-7
Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT
Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR
Reference (Production): ODGMI FILES
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