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Tungs Ore Claim

Occurrence in Union county in Oregon, United States with commodities Uranium, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032961
MRDS ID M014784
Record type Site
Current site name Tungs Ore Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.41103, 45.10736 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bennet Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Enterprise(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Powder(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle 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 Union

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 005S 043E 23 S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Uranium Primary
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result U3O8 EQUIVALENT = 0.21 , 0.97
Result U3O8 CHEM. ANALYSIS = 0.830 .

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
    Rock description Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.41103, 45.10736
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Miller Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner E. R. Wells

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATTHEWS, T. C., 1955 , OREGON RADIOACTIVE DISCOVERIES IN 1954 AND 1955 : ODGMI, THE ORE BIN, DECEMBER, VOL. 17 , NO. 12 , P. 90

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1979 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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