Contact Group

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  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 10032843
MRDS ID M014615
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Group
Alternate or previous names Iron Dyke, Peacock, White Eagle, Dr. Scott Claims, Lost Creek Quartz
Related records 10250179

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37909, 45.29819 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Minam Meadows(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 003S 043E 13 SE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Critical Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

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 Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hurwal Formation;Martin Bridge Limestone
    Rock description Hurwal Formation;Martin Bridge Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.37909, 45.29819

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND A MARBLE BED IN THE HURWOL FM, N 55 DEG W, DIP 71 DEG E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lostine Valley

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • HAROLD AHALT OF LOSTINE IS NOW PROSPECTING. 225 FT ADIT 575 DEG E IN QUARTZ DIORITE & OPENINESS IN ADJACENT CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE . A DRIFT NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND APLITE HAS BEEN DRIVEN S75E FOR 75 FT.EARLY 1900'S

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NO MATERIAL OF MINABLE GRADE WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT IS MORE PROBABLE THAT THE MINERALIZATION IS DUE TO THE ACIDIC RATHER THAN THE BASIC INTRUSIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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

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