Lost Creek Quartz Prospect

Prospect in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Garnet, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum, Nickel, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10275002
MAS/MILS ID 0410630076
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Creek Quartz Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.37793, 45.29816 (WGS84)
Elevation 2194
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Wallowa(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Minam Meadows(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 003 S 043 E 13 SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Tertiary
Copper Primary
Gold Tertiary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Chalcopyrite Unknown
Epidote Unknown
Hercynite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Molybdenite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Scheelite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.37793, 45.29816

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 50M
    Length 240M
    Width 120M
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 CARBONATE SILIC
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 830316
  • Area 5HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 5
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mining district

District name Wallowa Mountains

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-92 Tuchek U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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