The Joseph Mountain Mine is a silver and lead mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon at an elevation of 7,700 feet.
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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: 7,700 Feet (2,347 Meters)
Commodity: Silver, Lead
Lat, Long: 45.30278, -117.26778
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Joseph Mountain Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Joseph Mountain Mine
Secondary: Mccully Mine
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Wallowa
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: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
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: The Quartz Vein Follows A Bedding Plane In The Limestone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): NW LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED GALENA FORMS PODS UP TO ONE INCH ACROSS. MOLYBDENITE IS SPARSELY DISSEMINATED. MALACHITE AND AZURITE COAT FRACTURE SURFACES. THE VEIN ALSO CONTAINS MINOR AMOUNTS OF SILVER AND GOLD AND A TRACE OF ZINC.
Comment (Workings): PROSPECT WORKINGS CONSIST OF SIX SHORT ADITS AND TWO PITS
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. 45
Reference (Deposit): 1970 GEOCHEM WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, REF.
Reference (Reserve-Resource): WEISS AND OTHERS, 1976
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