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Transvaal Mines

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver, Molybdenum, Gold
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10033340
MRDS ID M015657
Record type Site
Current site name Transvaal Mines
Related records 10275243

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.16408, 45.25236 (WGS84)
Elevation 2256
Relative position THREE AIRLINE MILES SE OF WALLOWA LAKE; ONE MILE SE OF MOUNT HOWARD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Joseph(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003S 045E 35 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Wallowa Batholith
    Rock description Wallowa Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.16408, 45.25236
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Between Limestone And Granodiorite

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED ADITS, PROBABLY SEVERAL HUNDRED FT LONG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 78

  • Deposit

    1970 RECON WEISS, P.L. AND OTHERS, REF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STRINGERS IN TACTITE ZONE CONATAIN SMALL FLECKS OF CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLEBDENITE. FRACTURE SURFACES ARE COATED WITH COPPER OXIDES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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