Mine detail: Great Northern Mine

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Location: Wallowa County, Oregon, United States, North America
Lat / long: 45.2018, -117.41492
dep_id: 10032847
mrds_id: M014621
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Gold, Silver, Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Vein
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite
gangue: Quartz, Sericite, Talc
Reporter: Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.
hrock_type: Diorite
arock_unit: Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
arock_type: Basalt
References:
  • Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 116 .
  • Deposit:: SMITH, W., AND OTHERS, 1941, THE GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 12, P. 43
  • Deposit:: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1385-E, 1976, TABLE 3, NO.51, P. 76.
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