The Ibex Mine is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,299 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: 6,299 Feet (1,920 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.81278, -118.29833
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Ibex Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ibex Mine
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Mercury
Tertiary: Arsenic
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cracker Creek District
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Ibex Minerals Inc.
Home Office: Baker, Or.
Years: 1981 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
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
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Pyrargyrite
Ore: Cinnabar
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Development): PRESENTLY REOPENNING WORKINGS FOR SAMPLING PROGRAM (1981)
Comment (Deposit): PART OF THE BALD MTN-IBEX VEIN
Comment (Workings): OVER 5500 FT ON THREE LEVELS. LOWER TUNNEL FOLLOWS VEIN FOR OVER 2700 FT. THREE ORE SHOOTS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED.
Comment (Geology): COMPOSITE QUARTZ VEIN CONSISTING OF A SILICIFIED ARGILLITE - QUARTZ BRECCIA CUT BY STRANDS OF QUARTZ
Comment (Deposit): PRODUCTION RECORDS NOT AVAILABLE ; 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): BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 75
Reference (Deposit): HEWITT, D.F., 1931, ZONAL RELATIONS OF THE LODES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE, ALME TRANS., V. 5, P. 312-330
Reference (Deposit): LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 667
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