The Long Meadow Claim is a tungsten and molybdenum mine located in Grant 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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Long Meadow Claim MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Long Meadow Claim
Commodity
Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Granite 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
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Eugene P. Hunter
Years: 1957 -
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 Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: TWO SAMPLES SUBMITTTED TO DGMI ASSAYED 0.28% AND 0.95% WO3 AND 0.36% MO
Materials
Ore: Powellite
Gangue: Hornblende
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): ABOUT ONE AND ONE HALF MILES FROM ANTHONY LAKE ROAD
Comment (Geology): ROCKS ARE HORNFELSED.
Comment (Deposit): LOCATION ONLY. NO SPECIFIC INFORMATION AVAILABLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
References
Reference (Deposit): BROWN, C. E., AND THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NORTHEASTERN OREGON; USGS MISC. INV. MAP I-447
Reference (Deposit): ASSAYS ON FILE AT ODGMI BAKER FIELD OFFICE, BAKER, OR
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