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Chalco Prospect

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032855
MRDS ID M014632
Record type Site
Current site name Chalco Prospect
Related records 10250617

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.36381, 45.17958 (WGS84)
Relative position 7.5 MILES FROM ENTERPRISE BY ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Cap(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 002S 044E 30 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PREVIOUS QUAD DESIGNATION = EAGLE CAP 1:625000

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS SHOW NO GOLD OR SILVER AND TRACE OF COPPER AND LEAD

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.36381, 45.17958
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IRON STAINED JOINTS IN FINE-GRAINED HORNBLENDE GRANDIORITE WITH SOME EVIDENCE OF HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION. TWO MAJOR JOINT SETS STRIKE S 25 E AND S 65 W, AND DIP 60 W AND 66 S RESPECTIVELY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Discoverer Richard E. Brock

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A TRENCH 45 FEET LONG AND 5 FEET WIDE.

Reference information

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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