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Norway Mine

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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033015
MRDS ID M014880
Record type Site
Current site name Norway Mine
Alternate or previous names Smith Mine, Geitsfield Mine, Potato Patch Mine
Related records 10249652

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.98717, 44.38624 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Day(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 031E 03 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Aragonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGED 35 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.98717, 44.38624
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE HIGH GRADE TO SPOTTED LOW GRADE
    Strike N 30 DEG E
    Dip VERTICALLY
    Length 396.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: AT SMITH & GEITSFIELD, CHROMITE CONTACTS ARE SLICKENSIDED; IN ONE OPENING CHROMITE IS SHEARED OUT IN SMALL LENSES ALONG A FAULT ZONE. AT NORWAY, AS LOOSE MANTLE ROCK IS WORKED FOR FLOAT, OUTCROPS OF VEINLIKE BODIES AT SURFACE OF BEDROCKS ARE EXPOSED. THESE LIE IN TWO BELTS, WHICH MAKE A V OPENING TO THE NORTH.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Comments on the production information

  • 970 TONS AND OVER 1000 TONS OF FLOAT RECOVERED

Comments on the workings information

  • AT PROSPECT SW OF NORWAY 2 SHAFTS WERE SUNK 25 FT. APART. AT NORWAY, MINING CONSISTS OF RECOVERING FLOAT FROM SURFACE DIRT - 3 ACRES WORKED 970 TONS AND OVER 1000 TONS OF FLOAT RECOVERED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 32 - 33 .

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 725 - A, P. 49 .

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE: USGS BULL 922 - D, P. 110 .

  • Production

    ODGMI BULL 14 - B, P. 33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONSV. RECORD (M014881) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND REMOVED 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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