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Lyon

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033021
MRDS ID M014888
Record type Site
Current site name Lyon
Alternate or previous names Skookum
Related records 10298848

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.02634, 44.32263 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fall Mountain(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 031E 29 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PROSPECT CONSISTS OF LENSES AND KIDNEYS OF CHROMITE 2 OR 3 FEET THICK WITH NO TREND.

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE 35 % 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) -119.02634, 44.32263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND KIDNEYS
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODIES HAVE NO GENERAL TREND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P. 50

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK CHROMITE

Reporter information

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