Dry Camp

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033093
MRDS ID M015015
Record type Site
Current site name Dry Camp
Related records 10128226

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.78438, 44.36346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pine Creek 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)

Federal lands

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 033E 08 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CHROMIC OXIDE CONTENT VARIES FROM 10 TO 40 %.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    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) -118.78438, 44.36346

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED AND BANDED
    Strike N 55 DEG E
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Thickness 3.05M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION TO 1945 TAKEN FROM HUNDHAUSEN AND OTHERS, 1956. PRODUCTION FIGURES FOR 1945-1957 ARE FROM ODGMI FILES (1900 LONG TONS)

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1956
    Total resources 3000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 20 wt-pct Chromium Major 1956

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1939 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI, BULL. 9 , P. 62 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 22 - 23

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON USGS, BULL. 725 - A, P. 45 .

  • Deposit

    HUNDHAUSEN, R.J. AND OTHERS, 1956, EXPLORATION AND UTILIZATION STUDIES, JOHN DAY CHROMITES, OREGON; USBM REP. INVEST. 5238, P. 15

  • Deposit

    1942 DIREXPL USBM REF.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD (W017036) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.
Deposit ORE OCCURS IN PARALLEL BANDS

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

External references