The Copper Mountain Group is a copper, silver, and gold 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
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Copper Mountain Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Copper Mountain Group
Secondary: Eureka
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Snake River
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: W. F. Rankin
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
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: Greenstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): ON THE OREGON SIDE OF THE SNAKE RIVER ; 40 CLAIMS LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 7-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH USFS LAND OWNERSHIP BOUNDARIES, 1:126,720 SCALE.
Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION CONCENTRATED ALONG SMALL FRACTURES IN GREENSTONE. ; GEOL.DESC: NO UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION AVAILABLE
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 116
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