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Mountain Sheep

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033184
MRDS ID M015161
Record type Site
Current site name Mountain Sheep
Related records 10225355

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.33296, 45.15153 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Union(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)

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 044E 04 S Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.4 PERCENT COPPER
Result 0.34 PERCENT MOLYBDENUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.33296, 45.15153
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 1.4M
    Length 550M
    Width 60M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

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

  • 1 SHAFT, 1 ADIT AND 11 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. 76

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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