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Great Northern Mine

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032847
MRDS ID M014621
Record type Site
Current site name Great Northern Mine
Related records 10153263

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41492, 45.2018 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wallowa(hydrologic unit)

Lower Snake(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower 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 Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 004S 043E 23 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2 MILES WEST OF MINAM LAKE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Chrysocolla Ore
Hematite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Sericite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result SOME ORE REPORTED TO HAVE HIGH VALUES IN GOLD AND SILVER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Rock unit name Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41492, 45.2018
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL BASALT FEEDER DIKES CUT THE QUARTZ DIORITE COUNTRY ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa Range District

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 200-FOOT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 116 .

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W., AND OTHERS, 1941, THE GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 12, P. 43

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1385-E, 1976, TABLE 3, NO.51, P. 76.

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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