Mine detail: Ibex Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 44.81263, -118.29938

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Tertiary: Mercury, Arsenic, Antimony, Copper
Ore: Cinnabar, Marcasite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Producer

Geology

Host rock:Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
Host type:Argillite
Associated rock:Bald Mountain Batholith
Associated type:Diorite
Tectonic:Accreted Oceanic Terrane

References

MRDSM025433
DEP10036567
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)}{Deposit:: BROOKS, H.C. AND RAMP, L., 1968, GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 61, P. 75}{Deposit:: HEWITT, D.F., 1931, ZONAL RELATIONS OF THE LODES OF THE SUMPTER QUADRANGLE, ALME TRANS., V. 5, P. 312-330}{Deposit:: LINDGREN, W., 1901, GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OREGON; USGS ANN. REPT. NO. 22, P. 667}
ReporterFerns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J.