The Walla Walla Group is a copper, molybdenum, gold, and silver 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
Elevation:
Commodity: Copper, Molybdenum, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 45.20694, -117.20056
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Walla Walla Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walla Walla Group
Secondary: Seeber Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Wallowa Range
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
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
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Chalcocite
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Location): AT ANEROID LAKE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY A 100-FOOT TUNNEL
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 120 .
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W. D. AND OTHERS, 1941, GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 12, P. 48
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1385-E, 1976, P.56.
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