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Saddle Prospect

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc, Lead, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032860
MRDS ID M014637
Record type Site
Current site name Saddle Prospect
Related records 10201265, 10274924

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.28159, 45.31458 (WGS84)

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 11 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE CHIPPED ACROSS DIKE AND VEINLETS CONTAINED 0.28 % COPPER, 0.19 % ZINC, LESS THAN 0.02 % LEAD, 0.5 OUNCE OF SILVER PER TON.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Clover Creek Greenstone
    Rock description Clover Creek Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.28159, 45.31458
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GREY TO BLACK ARGILLITE OF CLOVER CREEK GREENSTONE. ; GEOL.DESC: VEINLETS ASSOCIATED WITH APLITE DIKE, WHICH CAN BE TRACED FOR 2000 FT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

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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