Mine detail: Great Northern Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

45.2018, -117.41492

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Hematite
Gangue:	Quartz, Sericite, Talc

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Vein
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Diorite
Associated rock:	Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
Associated type:	Basalt

References

MRDS	M014621
DEP	10032847
Reference	{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.}
Reporter	Lee, W., Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.), Gray, Jerry J.