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Salmon Bar

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodity Copper
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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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033382
MRDS ID M015715
Record type Site
Current site name Salmon Bar
Related records 10177683

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.80019, 45.85903 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Deadhorse Ridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Snake-Asotin(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 004N 048E 03 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Wild Sheep Formation
    Rock description Wild Sheep Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.80019, 45.85903
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Imnaha Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1979
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.3 wt-pct Copper Major 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    VALLIER, T.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-6

  • Deposit

    1978 RECON USBM MINERAL EVALUATION OF THE HELLS CANYON NRA (IN PREPERATION

  • Reserve-Resource

    USFS UNPUBLISHED REPORT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (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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