| Deposit ID | 10032884 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014672 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Fargo Group |
| Alternate or previous names | Eureka Mining Property, Mountain Chief, Indian Trail |
| Geographic coordinates: | -116.76519, 45.81542 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Wallowa(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Deadhorse Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hells Canyon(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Wallowa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 004N | 048E | 24 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Gold | Primary |
| Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Hematite | Ore |
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Result | GRAB SAMPLE FROM MOUNTAIN CHIEF DUMP (CBF 55) GAVE 54.5% FE, 0.8% CU. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||
| |||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite |
| (1) | -116.76519, 45.81542 |
|---|
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1897 |
| Discoverer | E. Barton, M. Hibbs |
| District name | Imnaha |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 304.8M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014672 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410630108 |
SRC.REF: REFERENCE 1
LIBBEY, F.W., 1943, SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE JUNCTION OF THE SNAKE AND IMNAHA RIVERS: ODGMI GMI 11, P. 5.
VALLIER, T.L., 1974, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON, OREGON AND IDAHO, ODGMI GMS-6
1942 RECON ODGMI, REF.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1976 | Lee, W. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-NOV-1997 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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