Tenderfoot

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Molybdenum, Silver

Sections on this page

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10032877
MRDS ID	M014661
Record type	Site
Current site name	Tenderfoot
Related records	10275037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.19824, 45.17097 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Aneroid Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imnaha(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	045E	33		Oregon

Comments on the location information

ABOUT A MILE ON THE CORNUCOPIA TRAIL FROM THE TOP OF THE DIVIDE ABOVE ANEROID LAKE

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Molybdenum	Primary
Silver	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Pyrite	Ore

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.19824, 45.17097	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

INTERBEDDED MARBLE AND SILICEOUS METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS. ; GEOL.DESC: MARBLE AND SILICEOUS METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS ARE INTERBEDDED.

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

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M014661
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410630019

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 121 .
Deposit

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, TABLE 3, NO. 58, P. 77.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	PRIOR TO 1914 A COMPANY ENGAGED IN AN EXTENSIVE AND QUESTIONABLE STOCK-SELLING CAMPAIGN TO EXPLOIT THIS PROPERTY. CONSIDERABLE CAPITAL WAS RAISED AND EXPENDED, BUT LITTLE OF IT WAS USED FOR MINE DEVELOPMENT.

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.