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Gyllenberg Claims

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Gold, 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032863
MRDS ID M014641
Record type Site
Current site name Gyllenberg Claims
Related records 10153707

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.31992, 45.28542 (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 21 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOSEPH, ON THE WEST SIDE OF HURRICANE CREEK

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAYS AVAILABLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Porphyry > Lamprophyre
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.31992, 45.28542
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BLUE-GREY CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE HOSTS ORE.

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

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hecla Consol. Mining Co.

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: IN SUCH A LOCALITY, ORE WOULD NEED TO BE HIGH-GRADE TO OVERCOME TRANSPORTATION HANDICAP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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