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Woodcock Mountain

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium, Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032111
MRDS ID M013237
Record type Site
Current site name Woodcock Mountain
Related records 10152963

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.70309, 42.13899 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 009W 25 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE OF SOIL IS ABOUT 1.00 % NI, 2.00 % CR2O3, 0.11 % CO, 27 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.70309, 42.13899
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE OF JOSEPHINE ULTRAMAFIC SHEET, WHICH ARE IN FAULT CONTACT WITH GALICE FORMATION MARINE SEDIMENTS. MOST DIKES AND ASSOCIATED SHEARING HAVE A NORTHERLY TREND AND STEEP DIP THAT IS PARALLEL WITH CONTACTS AND REGIONAL TECTONIC FABRIC. COUNTRY ROCK IS PERIDOTITE, OR SAXONITE, WITH LARGE CRYSTALS OF ENSTATITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1942

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category County

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A 90-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT AND NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ODGM1 BULL. 14-C, VOL. II, SEC. I, P. 224

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 43 .

  • Deposit

    1947 DIREXPL ODGMI MAPPED AND SAMPLED DEPOSIT BY HAND AUGERING

  • Deposit

    1951 DIREXPL USBM BULLDOZER TRENCHING AND EXTENSIVE AUGERING

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL NEW DELHI MINES, LTD. CHURN-DRILLED

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE CONTENT OF UNWEATHERED ROCK IN SOIL ESTIMATED AT 35 % BY VOLUME.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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