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Gold Lode Claim

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, 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. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032870
MRDS ID M014651
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Lode Claim
Alternate or previous names Gem Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23352, 45.25847 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joseph(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 045E 31 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore

Analytical data

Result 4 FT. CHIP SAMPLE CONTAINED 0.22 % COPPER, 0.01 OUNCE SILVER PER TON, TRACE OF MOLYBDENUM AND NO GOLD OR TUNGSTEN.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23352, 45.25847
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike S 80 W
    Dip VERTICAL
    Width 1.22M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: CROSS FRACTURES TRENDING N 45 W CUT ZONE AT 2 TO 6 FOOT INTERVALS

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-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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