The Le Gore Prospect is a tungsten, gold, silver, molybdenum, copper, and zinc 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: Tungsten, Gold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc
Lat, Long: 45.3125, -117.33500
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Le Gore Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Le Gore Prospect
Secondary: Red Cloud
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Wallowa Range
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Garnet
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Wollastonite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): NE 1/4 SE 1/4. NEAR THE HEAD OF FALLS CREEK
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 12 OPEN CUTS AND A 200-FOOT TUNNEL.
Comment (Deposit): RECORD (D001335) MERGED AND DELETED FROM OREGON FILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Geology): SECONDARY MINERALS INCLUDE FRACTURE FILLINGS AND COATINGS OF MOLYBDENITE, LIMONITE, AZURITE, CHRYSOCOLLA AND CALCITE. ; GEOL.DESC: THE CLAIMS COVER A CONTACT BETWEEN GRANODIORITE AND MARBLIZED LIMESTONE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 118 .
Reference (Deposit): LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR - 25 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W. D., ET AL., 1941 , GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 12 , P. 44 .
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1282-E, 1979, TABLE 3, NO. 8, P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): WOLFE, H. D., AND WHITE, D. J., 1951 , ODGMI, AMI SHORT PAPER NO. 22 .
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