The Stibnite Mine is a antimony mine located in Union county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,401 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: 6,401 Feet (1,951 Meters)
Commodity: Antimony
Lat, Long: 45.06667, -118.21667
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Stibnite Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Stibnite Mine
Secondary: Parker and Antimony Mine
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Union
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Unknown
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1900
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): PROSPECT IS IN THE E1/2 OF SEC. 5 AND IN THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE AT ABOUT 6400 FT ELEVATION. POINT LOCATION IS APPROXIMATE.
Comment (Production): 3 CARLOADS OF ANTIMONY ORE WERE SHIPPED IN 1917-1918. ASSAY VALUE OF THE SHIPMENTS IS UNKNOWN.
Comment (Development): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SHALLOW ADITS, SHAFTS AND DOZER TRENCHES
Comment (Geology): STIBNITE IS CONTAINED IN QUARTZ VEINS WHICH RANGE FROM LESS THAN 1 INCH TO 1 FOOT THICK
References
Reference (Deposit): RICHARDS, L.C., 1942, STIBNITE MINE, UNION COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1944, ANTIMONY IN OREGON: ODGMI SHORT PAPER NO. 13, P. 9.
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