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Hard Climb Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032859
MRDS ID M014636
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Climb Prospect
Related records 10250405

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
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINERAL ANALYSIS IN REFERENCE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore

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

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 E
    Dip 85 NW
    Width 0.15M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN 3 MINOR SHEAR ZONES IN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT. SLOUGHED CUT

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 MINOR SHEAR ZONES

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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