The Highland Mary Group is a copper mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon.
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Mine Info
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Highland Mary Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Highland Mary Group
Secondary: Edna
Secondary: Bonnie Doone
Secondary: Headlight Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Iron
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Imnaha
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
Discovery Year: 1897
Discovery Method: Ore-Mineral In Place
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Physiographic Detail: Snake River Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: L
Description: Fault Or Shear Zone
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE VEINS ARE MOSTLY MAGNETITE AND PYRITE WITH A LITTLE CHALCOPYRITE LOCALLY.
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO SHORT ADITS AND SHALLOW CUTS
References
Reference (Deposit): LIBBEY, F.W., 1943, SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE JUNCTION OF THE SNAKE AND IMNAHA RIVERS: ODGMI, GMI SHORT PAPER NO. 11, P. 9
Reference (Deposit): VALLIER, T.L., 1974, A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF PART OF THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON, OREGON AND IDAHO: ODGMI MAP GMS-6
Reference (Deposit): 1942 RECON ODGMI, REF.
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