The Le Gore Prospect is a mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon at an elevation of 7,776 feet.
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: 7,776 Feet (2,370 Meters)
Commodity:
Lat, Long: 45.3125, -117.33500
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Le Gore Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Le Gore Prospect
Secondary: Le Gore
Secondary: Red Cloud
Commodity
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Underground
Mining Method: 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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Not available
References
Reference (Deposit): P. 72.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, TABLE 3, NO. 8.
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MAP MR-25, 1962.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. SHORT PAPER 22, 1951, P. 21
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST BULLETIN 12, 1941, P. 44.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 118
Oregon Gold
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