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Leclead

Prospect in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032916
MRDS ID M014723
Record type Site
Current site name Leclead
Related records 10178088

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.04187, 45.02457 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tucker Flat(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grande(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Pendleton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 006S 038E 22 SW OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Rock description Elkhorn Ridge Argillite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.04187, 45.02457
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Or Shear Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1901
Discoverer Harold Parker

Comments on the production information

  • 80 TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1937

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS INCLUDE A 480 FT ADIT AND A 100 FT SHAFT 80 TONS OF HIGH GRADE ORE WAS PRODUCED PRIOR TO 1937

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPT. OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES. 1939, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK: ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 89

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 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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