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Green Group

Past Producer in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033157
MRDS ID M015129
Record type Site
Current site name Green Group
Alternate or previous names Copper Gem Group, Mountain Gem, Copper King
Related records 10299520

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.23935, 45.23708 (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)

Wallowa(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 06 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnet Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Epidote Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Wallowa Batholith;Wallowa Batholith;Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Wallowa Batholith;Wallowa Batholith;Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Martin Bridge Formation
    Rock description Martin Bridge Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.23935, 45.23708
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FLUORITE IS REPORTED FROM LIMESTONE FLOAT. THINLY BEDDED LIGHT-GRAY LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1906

Mining district

District name Wallowa

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • IN 1915, PRODUCTION WAS GIVEN AS $426 FROM 14 TONS OF ORE.

Comments on the workings information

  • THE COPPER KING TUNNEL, NOW CAVED, IS REPORTED TO BE 300 FT IN LENGTH. IN 1915, PRODUCTION WAS GIVEN AS $426 FROM 14 TONS OF ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 74.

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 115.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.O., AND OTHERS, 1941, GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 12 , P. 43.

  • Deposit

    1938 GEOLMAP ODGMI REF.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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