The Walla Walla is a copper mine located in Ferry county, Washington at an elevation of 3,442 feet.
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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
Elevation: 3,442 Feet (1,049 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 48.97, -118.55083
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Walla Walla MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walla Walla
Secondary: La Fleur
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Washington
County: Ferry
District: Danville
Land Status
Land ownership: Private
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Charles Rogers Curlew
Years: 1954 -
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Replacement
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: DISSEMINATED
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization
Rocks
Name: Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ASSAYS REPORT CONSIDERABLE PT
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Bornite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Feldspar
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR MINE SYMBOL NEAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SECTION
Comment (Commodity): PART OF GROUP DISCUSSED UNDER COMSTOCK. PRESENCE OF PT IS UNVERIFIED
Comment (Deposit): ORE MINERALS ARE PEPPERED AND BANDED THROUGH RIDGE IN LEDGES OF FELDSPAR
Comment (Workings): OPEN PIT
Comment (Geology): ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS ARE ADJACENT TO HOST ROCK TO EAST
References
Reference (Deposit): HUNTTING, M.T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIVISION OF MINES AND GEOLOGY BULLETIN 37, V. 1, P. 56
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