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Kingsley 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. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033035
MRDS ID M014914
Record type Site
Current site name Kingsley Mine
Alternate or previous names Wm.W. Gardner Claim
Related records 10274471

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.88356, 44.36568 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Mountain(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 032E 09 SE OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS AVERAGED 45 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.88356, 44.36568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PARALLEL STRINGERS
    Strike E - W
    Dip 45 DEG N
    Thickness 7.62M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: STRINGERS ARE IRREGULAR AND BUNCHY, FROM A FEW INCHES TO 5 FT. WIDE. IMPERFECTLY BANDED SPOTTED ORE FOUND 50 FT SW. OF MAIN WORKINGS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years NOV 1917 - NOV 1919

Mining district

District name Canyon

Land status

Ownership category Private

Production statistics

  • Year 1957
    Period 1957
    Material CONC.(CR)
    Description Cp_Grade: ^48% Cr203
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 48wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • 200 TONS SHIPPED. DURING 1917-1919

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORED FOR 100 FT. ALONG STRIKE AND 35 FT VERTICALLY BY OPEN CUT AND 4 TUNNELS. 200 TONS SHIPPED. DURING 1917-1919

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 9 P. 56

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK,1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 28

  • Production

    ODGMI FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BLACK TO SPOTTY 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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