| Deposit ID | 10033334 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M015651 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Joseph Mountain Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Mccully Mine |
| Related records | 10177944 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -117.26881, 45.30264 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2347 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Wallowa |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 003S | 044E | 13 | NW | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Silver | Primary |
| Lead | Primary |
| Gold | Tertiary |
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Galena | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Wallowa Batholith | ||||||
| Rock description | Wallowa Batholith | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone |
| (1) | -117.26881, 45.30264 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Quartz Vein Follows A Bedding Plane In The Limestone |
| Strike | N5-10W |
|---|---|
| Dip | 20-40W |
| Length | 237.74M |
| Width | 2.13M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Wallowa |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Wallowa-Whitman National Forest |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1976 | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 30000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M015651 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410630031 |
WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 45
1970 GEOCHEM WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, REF.
WEISS AND OTHERS, 1976
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | DISSEMINATED GALENA FORMS PODS UP TO ONE INCH ACROSS. MOLYBDENITE IS SPARSELY DISSEMINATED. MALACHITE AND AZURITE COAT FRACTURE SURFACES. THE VEIN ALSO CONTAINS MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILVER AND GOLD AND A TRACE OF ZINC. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1980 | Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries | |
| Updater | 01-AUG-1993 | Gray, Jerry J. | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
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