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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033102
MRDS ID M015030
Record type Site
Current site name Record
Related records 10177050

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.61356, 44.81235 (WGS84)
Relative position 31 MILES WEST OF SUMPTER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olive Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

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 009S 034E 03 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 DISSEMINATED ORE, EVEN WHEN WELL-SORTED, DOES NOT RUN OVER 10 % IN CHROMIC OXIDE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.61356, 44.81235
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Sheared And Slickensided Serpentine

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL CONCENTRATIONS AND IRREGULAR, DISCONTINUOUS BANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name North Fork (?)

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • LARGEST OF HIGH-GRADE BODIES COULD ONLY RUN A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS AT MOST; NO ASSURANCE OF ANY CONTINUITY OF BANDED ORE IS INDICATED.

Comments on the workings information

  • A SERIES OF SHALLOW PITS HAS BEEN DUG ALONG ROUGHLY N-S LINE FOR DISTANCE OF ABOUT 800 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON: ODGMI BULL. 9 , P. 68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SOFT, BLACK, FINE-GRAINED CHROMITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 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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