The Dodson Jim Group is a copper, molybdenum, and lead mine located in Union 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: Copper, Molybdenum, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.10528, -117.40028
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Dodson Jim Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dodson Jim Group
Secondary: Copper King Group
Secondary: Dotson Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Union
District: Upper Eagle Creek
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
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Workings
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Ownership
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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
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
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Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): SE 1/4 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Geology): THE GRANODIORITE IS INTRUDED BY QUARTZ VEINS AND MASSES UP TO 100 FT IN THICKNESS.
References
Reference (Deposit): WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, OREGON: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 65-69.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WEISS AND OTHERS, 1976
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 111 .
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