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Huffman Prospect

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Silver
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095158
MRDS ID M015660
Record type Site
Current site name Huffman Prospect
Related records 10250162

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -116.99712, 45.11653 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Duck Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Riggins(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Grangeville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imnaha(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 005S 047E 20 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 MILES NW OF COVERDALE GUARD STATION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone
    Rock unit name Wild Sheep Creek Formation-Seven Devils Group
    Rock description Wild Sheep Creek Formation-Seven Devils Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -116.99712, 45.11653
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fracture Zones In Greenstone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870
Discoverer Kenneth Huffman

Mining district

District name Homestead

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kenneth Huffman

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO TRENCHES APPROXIMATELY 20 FT LONG AND 6 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1971, HUFFMAN PROSPECT: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT

  • Deposit

    WAGNER, N.S., 1971, HUFFMAN PROSPECT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES UNPUBLISHED REPORT.

  • Deposit

    1971 RECON ODGMI, UNPUB. REPT

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COPPER MINERALS ARE SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED ALONG QUARTZ FILLED FRACTURES WHICH VARY FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES THICK. OCCURRENCES ARE WIDELY SEPARATED BY UNMINERALIZED GREENSTONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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