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Royal Purple

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032873
MRDS ID M014654
Record type Site
Current site name Royal Purple
Related records 10274880

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.19852, 45.25292 (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 33 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON ROYAL PURPLE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Wallowa Batholith
    Rock description Wallowa Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.19852, 45.25292
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GRANDODIORITE HAS INTRUDED INTERBEDDED LIMESTONE AND ARGILLITE. SULFIDE MINERALS OCCUR ALONG THE CONTACT BETWEEN CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE AND METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS. ; GEOL.DESC: IN THIS LOCALITY GRANODIORITE HAS INTERBEDS OF MARBLE AND ARGILLITE. CONTACT BETWEEN CRYSTALINE INTRUDED LIMESTONE AND METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS.

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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