The Storm King is a copper, lead, gold, silver, and zinc mine located in Grant county, Oregon at an elevation of 7,001 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: 7,001 Feet (2,134 Meters)
Commodity: Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Lat, Long: 44.88722, -118.26639
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Storm King MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Storm King
Secondary: Advance Mining Company
Secondary: Baby McKee
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Cable Cove
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
Physiographic Detail: Blue Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Copper
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Deposit): REPORTEDLY THREE VEINS OF THE CABLE COVE TYPE
Comment (Workings): ABOUT 100 FT OF WORKINGS IN ONE TUNNEL AND TWO SHALLOW ADITS
Comment (Deposit): LITTLE INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): SEVEN CLAIMS ABOUT ONE MILE NW OF THE BABY MCKEE
References
Reference (Deposit): BLUE MOUNTAIN AMERICAN, 1903, WEEKLY NEWSPAPER, SUMPTER, OREGON: 3 JAN AND 23 MAY ISSUES
Oregon Gold
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