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Veatch Claim

Occurrence in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodities Molybdenum, 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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032963
MRDS ID M014786
Record type Site
Current site name Veatch Claim
Related records 10275083

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41409, 45.10292 (WGS84)
Elevation 2438

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennet Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(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)

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 Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 005S 043E 36 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT OVERLOOKS LOOKING GLASS LAKE AND IS NEAR 8000 FT. ELEV. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result GOOD GRADE MOLYBDENITE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41409, 45.10292
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MOLYBDENITE IS DISSEMINATED IN BOTH QUARTZ STRINGERS AND BIOTITE GRANITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Upper Eagle Creek

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 113 .

  • Deposit

    LANCASTER, H.K., 1940, VEATCH CLAIMS, EAGLE DISTRICT BAKER COUNTY: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1940 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 PARALLEL VEINS 200 FT. APART

Reporter information

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