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Present Need

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033042
MRDS ID M014925
Record type Site
Current site name Present Need
Related records 10152780

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87828, 44.37568 (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 032E 16 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATED ABOUT 1000 FEET SOUTH OF THE HAGGARD AND NEW

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 51 % CHROMIC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.87828, 44.37568
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MAY BE KIDNEY SHAPED
    Thickness 0.91M
    Length 7.62M
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MASSIVE, FAULTED APHANITIC DUNITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SHORT TUNNEL AND PARALLEL OPEN CUT 10 FT. EXTEND INTO THE HILL FOR ABOUT 30 OR 40 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 9 , P. 59

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 34 - 35

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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