Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Cobalt, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeVein
Deposit sizeN
Ore controlSlightly Controlled By Fault Fractures, Although More Intense Mineralization Seem Independent Of Such Control.
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Cobaltite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite
GangueBeidellite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockAndesite
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationTourmaline - Quartz - Chalcopyrite Replacement Bodies In Greenstone
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10033078
MRDS IDM014983
Alternate namesIncluding Sherbandy Group
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates44.55568, -118.69328
References
OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 112 .GILLULY, J., REED, J. C., AND PARKS, C. F. JR, 1933 , SOME MINING DISTRICTS OF EASTERN OREGON: U.S.G.S. BULL. 846 - A, P. 99 .JOHNSON, F.R., 1975, GEOLOGY OF THE QUARTZBURG MINING DISTRICT, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, OREGON STATE UNIV. MS. THESIS, P. 83