Le Gore Prospect

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten
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. 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 10032857
MRDS ID M014634
Record type Site
Current site name Le Gore Prospect
Alternate or previous names Red Cloud
Related records 10128640

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33603, 45.31236 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chief Joseph Mountain(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 044E 08 NE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4. NEAR THE HEAD OF FALLS CREEK

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Garnet Ore
Molybdenite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Wollastonite 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 Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hurwal Formation
    Rock description Hurwal Formation

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33603, 45.31236

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 6.1M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • SECONDARY MINERALS INCLUDE FRACTURE FILLINGS AND COATINGS OF MOLYBDENITE, LIMONITE, AZURITE, CHRYSOCOLLA AND CALCITE. ; GEOL.DESC: THE CLAIMS COVER A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND MARBLIZED LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa Range

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 12 OPEN CUTS AND A 200-FOOT TUNNEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 118 .

  • Deposit

    LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR - 25 .

  • Deposit

    WOLFE, H. D., AND WHITE, D. J., 1951 , ODGMI, AMI SHORT PAPER NO. 22 .

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W. D., ET AL., 1941 , GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 12 , P. 44 .

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1282-E, 1979, TABLE 3, NO. 8, P. 72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD (D001335) MERGED AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) 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.

External references