Mine detail: Green Group

Previously called 'Copper Gem GroupMountain GemCopper King'

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Location

Lat / long:

45.23708, -117.23935

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Molybdenum, Zinc, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Garnet, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Epidote
Discovery year:	1906

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Yes
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Martin Bridge Formation
Host type:	Limestone
Associated rock:	Wallowa Batholith;Wallowa Batholith;Wallowa Batholith;Columbia River Basalt
Associated type:	Diorite,Basalt,Pegmatite,Granite

References

MRDS	M015129
DEP	10033157
Reference	{Deposit:: WEIS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 74.}{Deposit:: OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 115.}{Deposit:: SMITH, W.O., AND OTHERS, 1941, GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 12 , P. 43.}{Deposit:: 1938 GEOLMAP ODGMI REF.}
Reporter	Lee, W., Unknown, Gray, Jerry J.