The Huffman Prospect is a copper and silver 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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Huffman Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Huffman Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Homestead
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: Kenneth Huffman
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1870
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: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic
Name: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Comments
Comment (Location): THE PROSPECT IS LOCATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 MILES NW OF COVERDALE GUARD STATION
Comment (Deposit): COPPER MINERALS ARE SPARSELY DISTRIBUTED ALONG QUARTZ FILLED FRACTURES WHICH VARY FROM 1 TO 6 INCHES THICK. OCCURRENCES ARE WIDELY SEPARATED BY UNMINERALIZED GREENSTONE
Comment (Workings): DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF TWO TRENCHES APPROXIMATELY 20 FT LONG AND 6 FT DEEP.
References
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1971, HUFFMAN PROSPECT: ODGMI UNPUBLISHED REPORT
Reference (Deposit): WAGNER, N.S., 1971, HUFFMAN PROSPECT: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES UNPUBLISHED REPORT.
Reference (Deposit): 1971 RECON ODGMI, UNPUB. REPT
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