The Contact Group is a copper, tungsten, molybdenum, gold, and silver mine located in Wallowa 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.29833, -117.37806
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Contact Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Contact Group
Secondary: Iron Dyke
Secondary: Peacock
Secondary: White Eagle
Secondary: Dr. Scott Claims
Secondary: Lost Creek Quartz
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Lostine Valley
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
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
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Garnet
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 SE 1/4
Comment (Production): EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Development): ECON.COM: NO MATERIAL OF MINABLE GRADE WAS FOUND.
Comment (Workings): HAROLD AHALT OF LOSTINE IS NOW PROSPECTING. 225 FT ADIT 575 DEG E IN QUARTZ DIORITE & OPENINESS IN ADJACENT CRYSTALLINE LIMESTONE . A DRIFT NEAR THE CONTACT BETWEEN LIMESTONE AND APLITE HAS BEEN DRIVEN S75E FOR 75 FT.EARLY 1900'S
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: AT CONTACT BETWEEN QUARTZ DIORITE AND A MARBLE BED IN THE HURWOL FM, N 55 DEG W, DIP 71 DEG E.
Comment (Deposit): IT IS MORE PROBABLE THAT THE MINERALIZATION IS DUE TO THE ACIDIC RATHER THAN THE BASIC INTRUSIONS.
References
Reference (Deposit): BEESON, M.H., 1963, GEOLOGY OF PART OF LOSTINE VALLEY, WALLOWA COUNTRY, OREGON, UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS
Reference (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,
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, P. 56-63.
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A,P. 115
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W.D., AND OTHERS, 1941, GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 12, P. 41.
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