The Black Dwarf is a molybdenum mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,650 feet.
About the MRDS Data:
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: 6,650 Feet (2,027 Meters)
Commodity: Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 44.86139, -118.27444
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Black Dwarf MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Black Dwarf
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Cable Cove
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
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
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT WORK APPARENTLY CEASED BEFORE A PLANNED 300 FT. SHAFT WAS COMPLETED
Comment (Workings): SHAFT
Comment (Geology): VEIN NOT EXPOSED. DUMP MATERIAL INCLUDES PATCHES OF MOLYBDENITE IN QUARTZ STRINGERS IN PYRITIC GRANODIORITE
Comment (Deposit): SHAFT APPEARS TO BE LOCATED ON THE HANGING WALL SIDE OF THE EAGLE VEIN. DEVELOPMENT CEASED BEFORE THE EAGLE VEIN WAS REACHED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
References
Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF EASTERN OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 673
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