The Red Hill Manganese is a manganese mine located in Harney county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Red Hill Manganese MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Red Hill Manganese
Commodity
Primary: Manganese
Location
State: Oregon
County: Harney
District: Silvies
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Lee Bryan, William And Robert Drinkwater
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1938
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Harney Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: HIGH-GRADE
Materials
Ore: Psilomelane
Comments
Comment (Geology): RED IRON-STAINED TUFF INTERBEDDED WITH WHITE TUFF. RHYOLITE RIM ROCK CAPPING. ; GEOL.DESC: SEAMS FOUND AT BASE OF RHYOLITE CAP; HIGH-GRADE PSILOMELANE (?) NODULES FORM SURFACE CONCENTRATIONS WHERE RHYOLITE IS COMPLETELY ERODED. TUFF MAY CONTAIN FROM 2 - 5 % OF NODULES.
Comment (Location): ON DRINKWATER HOMESTEAD; 3 UNPATENTED LODE CLAIMS AND 11 CLAIMS STAKED (BUT NOT FILED).
Comment (Workings): OPEN CUTS ONLY.
References
Reference (Deposit): LIBBEY, F.W., ETAL., 1942 , MANGANESE IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 17 , P. 61
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