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Metzger Property

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Tungsten, Copper, Silver
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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 10032856
MRDS ID M014633
Record type Site
Current site name Metzger Property
Related records 10153526

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33603, 45.32569 (WGS84)
Elevation 2164

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Joseph Mountain(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 003S 044E 05 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON LITTLE GRANITE CREEK WHICH FLOWS INTO HURRICANE CREEK ABOUT 4 MILES BY ROAD WEST OF THE TOWN OF JOSEPH

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Scheelite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33603, 45.32569
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.44M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LITTLE MINERALIZATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa Range

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 118 .

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR - 25 .

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, H. D., AND WHITE, D. J., 1951 , ODGMI GMI SHORT PAPER 22 , P. 22 .

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1385-E, TABLE 3, NO. 9, P. 72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD (D001334) MERGED AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 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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