The Lead Lode is a gold and silver mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 6,801 feet.
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: 6,801 Feet (2,073 Meters)
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 44.87306, -118.29639
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Lead Lode MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lead Lode
Secondary: Part of the Elk Heaven Group
Secondary: Constellation Group
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Tertiary: Arsenic
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Lead
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cable Cove District
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
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 6.16% ZN
Analytical Data: 1.20% PB
Analytical Data: 0.83% CU
Analytical Data: 5.14 OZ/TON AG
Analytical Data: TWO FOOT CHANNEL SAMPLE IN SULFIDE ZONE REPORTEDLY ASSAYED 0.12 OZ/TON AU
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): TWO VEINS IN STRONGLY METAMORPHOSED SEDIMENTS ROUGHLY PARALLEL THE INTRUSIVE CONTACT
Comment (Development): SMALL ORE SHOOT HAS BEEN PARTIALLY STOPED
Comment (Deposit): TWO SUBPARALLEL VEINS
Comment (Workings): OVER THREE HUNDRED FEET OF WORKINGS IN THREE ADITS
References
Reference (Deposit): FERNS, M.L. AND OTHERS, 1982, MAP OF THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE MT. IRELAND QUADRANGLE, BAKER AND GRANT COUNTIES, OREGON; ODGMI MAP (IN PREPARATION)
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