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Scholl's Louis Prospect

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032887
MRDS ID M014684
Record type Site
Current site name Scholl's Louis Prospect
Related records 10225410

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.56268, 45.50764 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Temperance Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hells Canyon(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)

Hells Canyon 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 001S 050E 03 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TEMPERANCE CK. (BROCKMAN'S RANCH) AND IN THE SNAKE R. CANYON ABOUT 1,700 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAY VALUES AVAILABLE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.56268, 45.50764
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Contact Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Snake River

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT BY 2 SHORT TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 119

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPMENT DID NOT PERMIT A DETERMINANT OF THE SIZEAND SHAPE OF THE DEPOSITS.

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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