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Upper Lawson and Huntley Spring

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Iron, Cobalt
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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. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033242
MRDS ID M015541
Record type Site
Current site name Upper Lawson and Huntley Spring
Related records 10225746

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.16006, 42.38064 (WGS84)
Relative position 27 MILES FROM U. S. 101 NEAR GOLD BEACH

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Quosatana Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 012W 7 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Iron Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soil Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE CONTENT OF SOIL IS 0.67 % NI
Result 0.05 % CO
Result 2.29 % CR
Result 23 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.16006, 42.38064
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.67M
    Length 1371.6M
    Width 243.84M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOILS DEVELOPED ON PARTLY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE-WHICH IS A THIN THRUST SHEET.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1957

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SOME SHALLOW BULLDOZER TRENCHES AND PROSPECT RDS. WERE CONSTRUCTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 57

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.51

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNWEATHERED ROCK CONTENT IN SOIL IS ESTIMATED TO AVERAGE 60 % BY VOLUME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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