The Peacock is a copper mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon at an elevation of 7,129 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: 7,129 Feet (2,173 Meters)
Commodity: Copper
Lat, Long: 45.2911, -117.37560
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Peacock MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Peacock
Secondary: Iron Dyke
Secondary: Dr Scott Claims
Secondary: Lost Creek Quartz
Secondary: Contact Mine
Secondary: White Eagle
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Silver
Location
State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
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.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
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Production
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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
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
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References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1385-E, 1976, P. 56-63.
Reference (Deposit): OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 14-A, 1939, P. 118
Reference (Deposit): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, 1940, P. 4.
Oregon Gold
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