The Andy Heaverne Claims is a gold, silver, and copper mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Andy Heaverne Claims MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Andy Heaverne Claims
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Wallowa Range
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
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Blue Mountain Section
Physiographic Detail: Wallowa Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tactite Zone Developed Near Limestone-Granodiorite Contact
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
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
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: NO ASSAY VALUES AVAILABLE
Materials
Ore: Epidote
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATED ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF THE TOWN OF JOSEPH, JUST EAST OF THE WEST FORK OF THE WALLOWA RIVER LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: LIMESTONE HAS E-W STRIKE WITH A STEEP DIP TO THE NORTH
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 114
Oregon Gold
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