Mine detail: Contact Group

Previously called 'PeacockWhite EagleDr. Scott ClaimsLost Creek QuartzIron Dyke'

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Location: Wallowa County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.29819, -117.37909
dep_id: 10032843
mrds_id: M014615
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Garnet
model: 184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Reporter: Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.), Gray, Jerry J., Lee, W.
hrock_unit: Hurwal Formation;Martin Bridge Limestone
hrock_type: Argillite,Limestone
arock_unit: Wallowa Batholith
arock_type: Diorite,Pyroxenite,Granite
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.
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