Frazier Property

The Frazier Property is a copper, silver, gold, and molybdenum mine located in Wallowa county, Oregon at an elevation of 8,399 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

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Site Name

Primary: Frazier Property

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Tungsten
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Oregon
County: Wallowa
District: Wallowa

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.
Administrative Organization: Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Deposit Type: Contact Metamorphic
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1905
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

Form: ELLIPTICAL

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Triassic

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Triassic

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Garnet
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Workings): WORKINGS CONSIST OF SEVEN ADITS, SEVEN PITS AND ONE SHAFT; LONGEST ADIT IS 35 FT LONG.

Comment (Location): THE PROPERTY CONSISTS OF 3 PATENTED CLAIMS ON HAWKINS PASS IN THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS

Comment (Geology): MINERALIZATION OCCURS IN A TACTITE ZONE ALONG THE MARGINS OF A BLOCK OF LIMESTONE WITHIN THE GRANODIORITE

References

Reference (Deposit): WEISS, P.L., AND OTHERS, 1976, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE EAGLE CAP WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS: USGS BULL. 1385-E, P. 78.

Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939, ODGMI BULL. 14-A, P. 116

Reference (Deposit): SMITH, W.D., AND OTHERS, 1941, THE GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, ODGMI BULL. 12, P. 42

Reference (Deposit): 1970 GEOLMAP MAP IN WEISS AND OTHERS, 1976

Reference (Deposit): 1970 RECON WEISS, P.L. AND OTHERS, REF. 1

Reference (Deposit): HESS, F.L., AND LARSEN, E.J., 1921, CONTACT METAMORPHIC TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES: USGS BULL. 725-E, P. 308.

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