The Electrolytic is a gold and copper mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon.
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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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Electrolytic MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Electrolytic
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Snake River District
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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: R. L. Blankinship
Home Office: Enterprise, Or.
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: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Basalt
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SURFACE INDICATIONS NOT FAVORABLE
Analytical Data: NO ASSAY VALUES AVAILABLE
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): IN 1914 , A CROSSCUT TUNNEL HAD BEEN DRIVEN TOWARDS THE VEIN 600 FT. WITHOUT REACHING IT.
Comment (Location): ON THE OREGON SIDE OF THE CANYON ABOUT 2 MILES BELOW SOMMERS CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 116
Oregon Gold
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