Frances Lake Ridge

Occurrence in Wallowa county in Oregon, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Copper

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10033165
MRDS ID	M015137
Record type	Site
Current site name	Frances Lake Ridge
Related records	10250256

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-117.36909, 45.29319 (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	044E	18	S OF SW	Oregon

Comments on the location information

S1/2SW1/4

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Gold	Primary
Silver	Primary
Copper	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Malachite	Ore
Pyrite	Ore

Analytical data

Result	0.25 PERCENT COPPER

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt
Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Argillite
Host or associated Host

Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-117.36909, 45.29319	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Wallowa

Land status

Area name	Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

3 PITS

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	M015137
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0410630074

Bibliographic references

Deposit

WEIS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1977	Lee, W.	U.S. Geological Survey
Updater	01-AUG-1993	Gray, Jerry J.	Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries