The Iron Dike is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 1,801 feet.
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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: 1,801 Feet (549 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.02583, -116.84917
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Iron Dike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Dike
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Homestead
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
Owner Name: Texasgulf Inc.
Owner Name: Silver King Mines, Inc.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENS, EGG
Structure
Type: R
Description: Ne Trending Blue Mountains Uplift
Type: L
Description: Near-Horizontal Fault In Lowest Workings
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification Of Greenstones
Rocks
Name: Gabbro
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Comments
Comment (Production): DEVELOPMENT IS UNDERWAY. ORE IS BEING STOCKPILED. 35 PEOPLE EMPLOYED (1980)
Comment (Deposit): RECORD (W017032) AND (M014603) MERGED AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Comment (Workings): ORE CUT OFF AT DEPTH BY A NEAR-HORIZONTAL FAULT. ON EITHER SIDE OF HIGH GRADE ORE IS A MUCH LARGER BODY OF DISSEMINATED CHALCOPYRITE IN GREENSTONE, WITH ABUNDANT QUARTZ SEAMS, VEINLETS, & NODULES THAT CONTAIN PYRITE. DEVELOPMENT & MINING IS UNDERWAY.
Comment (Geology): GREENSTONES ARE PROBABLY CORRELATIVE WITH SEVEN DEVILS VOLCANICS OF IDAHO AND CLOVER CREEK GREENSTONE OF NE BAKER QUADRANGLE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES, 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK; NORTHEASTERN OREGON, EAST HALF: BULL. 14-A, P. 60
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C. AND OTHERS, 1981, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND GOLD DEPOSITS OF THE BOURNE QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP GMS-19
Reference (Deposit): OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1977, SUMMARY REPORT ON THE IRON DIKE MINE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES.
Reference (Deposit): 1901 RECON LINDGREN
Reference (Deposit): 1914 ORE. BUREAU OF MINES, GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): 1916 ORE. BUREAU OF MINES. GEOL.
Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H. C., AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. OF GEOL. AND MIN. INDUSTRIES BULL. 61, P. 93, 100
Reference (Deposit): FREDERICKSEN, R., GALLAGHER, T.P., AND JUHAS, A.P., 1976, PRECIOUS AND BASE METAL MINERALIZATION AT THE IRON DIKE AND RED LEDGE DEPOSITS (ABS.): PAPER PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL CONVENTION OF
Reference (Deposit): 1968 COMPILE ORE. DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND.
Reference (Production): BROOKS AND RAMP, 1968, P. 94
Reference (Reserve-Resource): PRESS RELEASE, BAKER, OR. RECORD COURIER, 3-22-79
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