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Walla Walla

Occurrence in Ferry county in Washington, United States with commodities Copper, Gold, Silver, Platinum
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095506
MRDS ID M056168
Record type Site
Current site name Walla Walla
Alternate or previous names La Fleur
Related records 10203621

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.55197, 48.96985 (WGS84)
Elevation 1049
Relative position 2.3 MI SOUTHWEST OF DANVILLE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ferry(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Curlew(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Republic(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Okanogan(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kettle(hydrologic unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Ferry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040N 034E 07 NEAR SE CORNER Washington

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL NEAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PART OF GROUP DISCUSSED UNDER COMSTOCK. PRESENCE OF PT IS UNVERIFIED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Sericite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Sericitization

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS REPORT CONSIDERABLE PT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.55197, 48.96985
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED

Comments on the geologic information

  • ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS ARE ADJACENT TO HOST ROCK TO EAST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Danville

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Charles Rogers Curlew
    First year 1954

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 56

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE MINERALS ARE PEPPERED AND BANDED THROUGH RIDGE IN LEDGES OF FELDSPAR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1974 Greene, Robert U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1991 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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