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Glasscock Claims

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033001
MRDS ID M014850
Record type Site
Current site name Glasscock Claims
Alternate or previous names Eddy Group, Queen of the May, Uncle Sam, Stone & Hankins, Another Chance
Related records 10201173

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.33885, 44.3729 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Weasel Springs(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 028E 10 E Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • E 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 36 TO 41 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.33885, 44.3729
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR LENSES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Fork Area

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 40 TO 80 TONS OF ORE REPORTEDLY SHIPPED FROM THE QUEEN OF THE MAY AND UNCLE SAM CLAIMS. THE STONE AND HANKINS PRODUCED ABOUT 300 TONS OF ORE. NO KNOWN PRODUCTION SINCE WW1.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALL DEPOSITS ARE REPORTED TO BE MINED OUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE.: USGS BULL 922 - D, P. 111

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P. 52

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 151 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS (M014848) AND (M014849) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1980 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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