The Banner Group is a copper and gold 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
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Banner Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Banner Group
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Imnaha Area
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
Deposit Type: Vein
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): 1978 RECON USBM MINERAL EVALUATION OF THE HELLS CANYON NRA (IN PREPREPERATION
Reference (Deposit): VALLIER, T.L., 1974, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE SNAKE RIVER CANYON; ODGMI GEOL. MAP GMS-6
Reference (Deposit): LIBBEY, F.W., 1943, SOME MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE AREA SURROUNDING THE JUNCTION OF THE SNAKE AND IMNAHA RIVERS IN OREGON; ODGMI SHORT PAPER GMI-11, P. 2
Oregon Gold
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