Independence Claim

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Public Land Survey System information
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Controls for ore emplacement
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032872
MRDS ID	M014653
Record type	Site
Current site name	Independence Claim
Related records	10226191

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.2113, 45.25625 (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)

Geographic areas

Country	State	County
United States	Oregon	Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Willamette	003S	045E	32	E	Oregon

Comments on the location information

E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
Rock unit name	Martin Bridge Limestone
Rock description	Martin Bridge Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.2113, 45.25625	ListMap

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

Joint System And Bedding Planes

Comments on the geologic information

GEOL.DESC: CONTACT STRIKES N 30 E; IS WELL EXPOSED.

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

Comments on the workings information

12 FT. LONG HILLSIDE CUT.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M014653
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410630063

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WEISS, P. L., AND TUCHEK, E. T., 1971 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF TEN AREAS PROPOSED AS ADDITIONS TO THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, OREGON: U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 45

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THIN VEINS

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation
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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.