Meadon Lake Prospect

The Meadon Lake Prospect is a molybdenum and copper mine located in Baker county, Oregon.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Meadon Lake Prospect  

State:  Oregon

County:  Baker

Elevation:

Commodity: Molybdenum, Copper

Lat, Long: 44.89694, -118.21583

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Meadon Lake Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Meadon Lake Prospect
Secondary: North Powder Molybdenum


Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper


Location

State: Oregon
County: Baker
District: Rock Creek


Land Status

Land ownership: National Forest
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Owner Name: Johns-Mansville Corp.
Years: 1980 -


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N


Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Tonalite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Biotite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote


Comments

Comment (Deposit): PROPERTY INCLUDES THE FLYING CLOUD AND LOY'S MINE. ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Location): APPROXIMATELY 200 LODE CLAIMS TAKEN IN 1971 IN THE TWIN PEAKS AREA

Comment (Geology): QUARTZ VEINLETS CONTAIN CHALCOPYRITE AND MOLYBDENITE. DISSEMINATED PYRITE AND CHALCOPYRITE GRAINS REPLACE BIOTITE IN THE LEUCOCRATIC PHASES.


References

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1959, NORTH POWDER MOLYBDENUM PROSPECT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.

Reference (Deposit): 1959 RECON ODGMI FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): 1976 COMPIL ODGMI FILE

Reference (Deposit): BROOKS, H.C., 1959, NORTH POWDER MOLYBDENUM PROSPECT; ODGMI FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1973, JOHNS-MANSVILLE EXPLORATIONS PROJECT; ODGMI FILE REPORT

Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1973, JOHNS-MANSVILLE EXPLORATION PROJECT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES FILE REPORT.


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