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Cheval

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033186
MRDS ID M015164
Record type Site
Current site name Cheval
Related records 10177884

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.44464, 45.20292 (WGS84)
Elevation 2560

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Steamboat Lake(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 043E 22 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Gold Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 10.3 G/TON SILVER
Result 1.30 PERCENT COPPER

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.44464, 45.20292
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PEGMATITE IS ZONED: ORTHOCLASE ALONG BORDER ZONES, QUARTZ IN CORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 27.6M
    Overall width 24M

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 TRENCH, 3 ADITS, 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. 63-64

Reporter information

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

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