The Iron Dike is a mine located in Baker county, Oregon at an elevation of 2,280 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: 2,280 Feet (695 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.0269, -116.85750
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Iron Dike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Iron Dike
Secondary: Iron Dyke
Secondary: Iron Dyke Copper Co.
Commodity
Tertiary: Selenium
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Homestead
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
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.
Holdings
Type: Fee Ownership
Type: Located Claim
Type: Patented
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Texasgulf Western,Inc.
Company ID: 3502868
Home Office: Colorado
Info Year: 1977
Owner Name: Butler Ore Co.
Company ID: 3502868
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Minnesota
Info Year: 1977
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface-Underground
Mining Method: Unknown
Year First Production: 1916
Discovery Year: 1897
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Payette Section
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Unknown: Chalcocite
Unknown: Bornite
Unknown: Tetrahedrite
Unknown: Quartz
Unknown: Pyrite
Unknown: Gold
Unknown: Galena
Unknown: Chlorite
Unknown: Chalcopyrite
Unknown: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Reserve-Resource): QUANTITY DATA TAKEN FROM TEXAS GULF LETTER SENT TO USBM, 1977.
References
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 60-
Reference (Deposit): 62.
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