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Dodson Jim Group

Occurrence in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Lead
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032964
MRDS ID M014787
Record type Site
Current site name Dodson Jim Group
Alternate or previous names Copper King Group, Dotson Group

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.40131, 45.10514 (WGS84)

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 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.40131, 45.10514
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 12.19M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zones, Fractures, And Bleached Granitic Contacts With Quartz Veins And Masses, Mineralized.

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE GRANODIORITE IS INTRUDED BY QUARTZ VEINS AND MASSES UP TO 100 FT IN THICKNESS.

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

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1976
    Total resources 45000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1 wt-pct Copper Major 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 111 .

  • Deposit

    WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 65-69.

  • Reserve-Resource

    WEISS AND OTHERS, 1976

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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