Gold Nugget

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033149
MRDS ID M015120
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Nugget
Related records 10274866

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.2688, 45.26986 (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 25 NW OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW1/4SW1/4

Commodities

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

Analytical data

Result 3 SAMPLES
Result TRACE AU, AG, CU, PB, MO, ZN

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.2688, 45.26986

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ARGILLITE AND LIMESTONE INTRUDED BY NUMEROUS APLITE AND BASALT DIKES AND QUARTZ VEINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 PITS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEIS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 73

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1977 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1980 Brooks, Howard C. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.