Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver, Molybdenum, Copper, Zinc, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlContact Zone
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Garnet, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Quartz, Wollastonite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Hurwal Formation
Associated rockDiorite · Wallowa Batholith
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10032857
MRDS IDM014634
Alternate namesRed Cloud
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates45.31236, -117.33603
References
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1939 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - A, P. 118 .LEMMON, D. M., AND TWETO, O. L., 1962 , TUNGSTEN IN THE U.S., USGS MAP, MR - 25 .WOLFE, H. D., AND WHITE, D. J., 1951 , ODGMI, AMI SHORT PAPER NO. 22 .SMITH, W. D., ET AL., 1941 , GEOLOGY AND PHYSIOGRAPHY OF THE NORTHERN WALLOWA MOUNTAINS, OREGON: ODGMI BULL 12 , P. 44 .U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1282-E, 1979, TABLE 3, NO. 8, P. 72.