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Wallingford Vein, Cornucopia Mine

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032806
MRDS ID M014556
Record type Site
Current site name Wallingford Vein, Cornucopia Mine
Alternate or previous names White Elephant Prospect
Related records 10127934

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23574, 45.01542 (WGS84)

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 045E 29 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • THE VEIN OUTCROPS BETWEEN 7200 AND 7700 FT ELEV. ABOUT 2 MILES NW OF CORNUCOPIA TOWNSITE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAID TO CONTAIN FAIR VALUES IN GOLD.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cretaceous
  • 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 Cornucopia Stock
    Rock description Cornucopia Stock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Hornfels
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form WELL-DEFINED VEIN
    Strike N 20 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG W
    Length 609.6M
    Width 1.98M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • CAVED STOPES ARE EVIDENCE OF SOME PRODUCTION IN EARLY DAYS; QUANTITY UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 33 .

  • Deposit

    WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 41.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN IS ONE OF SEVERAL WORKED BY THE CORNUCOPIA MINE. OTHERS INCLUDE UNION-COMPANION, LAST CHANCE, WHITMAN, AND VALLEY VIEW. PRODUCTION WAS MOSTLY FROM THE UNION-COMPANION AND LAST CHANCE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-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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