Oregon · Baker County
Occurrence

Powder River Iron

Baker County, Oregon, United States
Iron
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Description

M.B. Taylor

Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typePodiform
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlSheared Spillite Dikes Along Contact Between Albite Granite And Quartz Diorite
Materials
Ore mineralsHematite
Geology
Host rockDiorite,Spilite,Granite
Associated rockDiorite,Spilite
StructureNorthwest Shear Zones
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1942
Identification
Deposit ID10033321
MRDS IDM015632
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.81736, -117.32602
References
1944, ODGMI FILE REPORT1960, ODGMI FILE REPORTWAGNER, N.S., 1963, POWDER RIVER IRON OCCURRENCE, ODGMI SPECIAL REPORTWAGNER, N.S., 1963, POWDER RIVER IRON OCCURENCE: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES.1944 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT1960 GEOLMAP ODGMI SPECIAL FILE REPORT