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Donnelly Group

Occurrence in Wallowa 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. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032865
MRDS ID M014644
Record type Site
Current site name Donnelly Group
Alternate or previous names Blue Lake, Packsaddle Lode
Related records 10288796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.3702, 45.17264 (WGS84)
Relative position 1 MILE SOUTH OF MINAM LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Cap(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 044E 31 Oregon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2.6 G/TON GOLD
Result 12.6 G/TON SILVER
Result 0.13 PERCENT COPPER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite
    Rock unit name Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.3702, 45.17264
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N30W
    Dip 75NE
    Length 75M
    Width 0.02M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shattered Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: FOR A WIDTH OF 8 TO 10 FT. IN A 20 TO 30 FT. WIDE PORPHYRY DIKE, IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEINLETS HAVE BEEN DEPOSITED IN SHATTERED ZONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner I. E. Andrew

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 PITS

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: A SULPHIDE ORE IN THIS LOCALITY WOULD NEED TO BE HIGH GRADE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT ECONOMIC IN SUCH AN INACCESSIBLE LOCATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 76.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NO. M015163 MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE

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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