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Deer - Elk

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033181
MRDS ID M015157
Record type Site
Current site name Deer - Elk
Related records 10201511

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.22019, 45.0843 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cornucopia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imnaha(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 005S 045E 32 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 12 CHIP SAMPLES ACROSS QUARTZ VEINS
Result AVERAGED TRACE AU AND 0.2 TOZ/TON AG. ONE ASSAYED TRACE CU AND MO.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Miocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.22019, 45.0843
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 609.6M
    Width 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Cornucopia

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 ADITS, 2 SHAFTS, AND 1 PIT

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. 47

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ABOUT 2 PERCENT OF THE AREA IS COMPOSED OF QUARTZ VEINS (1 TO 13 FT THICK) CONTAINING PYRITE. VEINS TREND N30W, DIP 30-70SW.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 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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