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Silver Bullet

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033177
MRDS ID M015149
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Bullet
Related records 10177413

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.26158, 45.23792 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Cap(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 004S 045E 07 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Emery Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Epidote Ore
Garnet Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.26158, 45.23792
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Width 0.3M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 1 PIT

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. 74

Reporter information

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

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