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Contact Group

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032843
MRDS ID M014615
Record type Site
Current site name Contact Group
Alternate or previous names Iron Dyke, Peacock, White Eagle, Dr. Scott Claims, Lost Creek Quartz
Related records 10250179

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.37909, 45.29819 (WGS84)
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Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Wallowa

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 003S 043E 13 SE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Tungsten Primary
Molybdenum Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 184
USGS model code 28a
Deposit model name Massive sulfide, kuroko
Mark3 model number 93

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Wallowa Batholith
    Rock description Wallowa Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Hurwal Formation;Martin Bridge Limestone
    Rock description Hurwal Formation;Martin Bridge Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.37909, 45.29819
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Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND A MARBLE BED IN THE HURWOL FM, N 55 DEG W, DIP 71 DEG E.

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Lostine Valley

Land status

Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • EARLY 1900'S

Comments on the workings information

  • HAROLD AHALT OF LOSTINE IS NOW PROSPECTING. 225 FT ADIT 575 DEG E IN QUARTZ DIORITE & OPENINESS IN ADJACENT CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE . A DRIFT NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND APLITE HAS BEEN DRIVEN S75E FOR 75 FT.EARLY 1900'S

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: NO MATERIAL OF MINABLE GRADE WAS FOUND.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
USGS Mineral Resources Data System MRDS M014615
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0410630004

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P. 115

  • Deposit

    SMITH, W.D., AND OTHERS, 1941, GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 12, P. 41.

  • Deposit

    BEESON, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF PART OF LOSTINE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTRY, OREGON, UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS

  • Deposit

    WEISS, P.L., AND TUCHEK, E.T., 1971, MINERAL RESOURCES OF TEN ACRES PROPOSED AS ADDITIONS TO THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, OREGON: USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT,

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, P. 56-63.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT IS MORE PROBABLE THAT THE MINERALIZATION IS DUE TO THE ACIDIC RATHER THAN THE BASIC INTRUSIONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-NOV-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