The Yellowbird Group is a gold mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Yellowbird Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Yellowbird Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Snake River District
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: Placer
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
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Production): IN 1918 , THERE WAS PRODUCTION OF ABOUT $300 .
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT OF LODE CLAIMS INCLUDES 3 TUNNELS TOTALING 140 FT.IN 1918 , THERE WAS PRODUCTION OF ABOUT $300 .
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: THE PLACER GROUND IS GLACIAL-MORAINAL MATERIAL. GOLD IS LOCAL AND RESULTED FROM EROSION OF THE RED "PORPHYRY". LODE CLAIMS IN ARGILLITE AND "PORPHYRY".
Comment (Location): ON IMNAHA RIVER, IT IS REACHED BY THE WAY OF COVERDALE GUARD STATION. 2 PLACER AND 3 LODE CLAIMS
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 120
Oregon Gold
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