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Red Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032802
MRDS ID M014547
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain Prospect
Related records 10273808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2288, 45.04458 (WGS84)
Elevation 2195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Eagle Cap Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 045E 17 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 1/2 MILE NORTHWEST FROM THE QUEEN OF THE WEST MILL LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result FOUR CHIP SAMPLES
Result 0.1 TO 0.9 TOZ AG/TON, TRACE AG AND CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Cornucopia Stock
    Rock description Cornucopia Stock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Hurwai Formation
    Rock description Hurwai Formation
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2288, 45.04458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 80 E
    Dip 50
    Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: "ALTHOUGH NOT EXAMINED MUCH EXCEPT AT THE CONTACT WITH THE GRANITE RED MOUNTAIN APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN ONCE A SEDIMENT, BUT DUE TO THE REGIONAL DISTRUBANCES OCCURRING BEFORE THAT WHICH PERMITTED THE GRANITIC INTRUSION, IT IS NOW A SCHIST."

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category Federal
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 100 FT. INCLINE SHAFT AND 1,100 FT. CROSS CUT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 31 .

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P.L. AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THEAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AREA: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 48.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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