The Tenderfoot is a gold, molybdenum, 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: Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.17111, -117.19722
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Tenderfoot MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Tenderfoot
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Wallowa Range
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PRIOR TO 1914 A COMPANY ENGAGED IN AN EXTENSIVE AND QUESTIONABLE STOCK-SELLING CAMPAIGN TO EXPLOIT THIS PROPERTY. CONSIDERABLE CAPITAL WAS RAISED AND EXPENDED, BUT LITTLE OF IT WAS USED FOR MINE DEVELOPMENT.
Comment (Location): ABOUT A MILE ON THE CORNUCOPIA TRAIL FROM THE TOP OF THE DIVIDE ABOVE ANEROID LAKE
Comment (Geology): INTERBEDDED MARBLE AND SILICEOUS METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS. ; GEOL.DESC: MARBLE AND SILICEOUS METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS ARE INTERBEDDED.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 121 .
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, TABLE 3, NO. 58, P. 77.
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