Good Enough Prospect

The Good Enough Prospect is a gold, copper, lead, silver, 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

Name: Good Enough Prospect

State:  Oregon

County:  Wallowa

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc

Lat, Long: 45.3125, -117.29667

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Good Enough Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Good Enough Prospect


Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Oregon
County: Wallowa


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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1909
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

Type: L
Description: Shear Zone


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Quartz


Comments

Comment (Commodity): REFERENCE HAS MINERAL ANALYSIS

Comment (Location): SE 1/4

Comment (Deposit): 2 NARROW ZONES AND QUARTZ VEIN

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF 20 FT. ADIT AND HILLSIDE PROSPECT CUT IN MASSIVE FRACTURED LIMESTONE.

Comment (Geology): MASSIVE, FRACTURED LIMESTONE HOSTS ORE.


References

Reference (Deposit): WEISS, P. L., AND TUCHEK, E. T., 1971 , MINERAL RESOURCES OF TEN AREAS PROPOSED AS ADDITIONS TO THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS, OREGON: U.S.G.S. OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 40 - 43


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