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Good Enough Prospect

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032858
MRDS ID M014635
Record type Site
Current site name Good Enough Prospect
Related records 10177641

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2977, 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 10 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • REFERENCE HAS MINERAL ANALYSIS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2977, 45.31236
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike N 30 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG N
    Width 0.3M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE, FRACTURED LIMESTONE HOSTS ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1909
Discoverer J. Mc Carthy

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF 20 FT. ADIT AND HILLSIDE PROSPECT CUT IN MASSIVE FRACTURED LIMESTONE.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 NARROW ZONES AND QUARTZ VEIN

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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