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Collier Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033281
MRDS ID M015585
Record type Site
Current site name Collier Creek
Related records 10250107

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.05034, 42.39121 (WGS84)
Relative position AREA N. OF HURT CABIN SITE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Sign 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)

Kalmiopsis Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 1 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • AREA EXTENDS INTO 4 TOWNSHIPS; SEC 20 , 29 , 30 , 31 , T 36 S, R 11 W; SOUTH EDGE OF SEC 36 , T 36 S, R 12 W; SEC 1 , 2 , T 37 S, R 12 W; AND MINOR PATCHES IN SEC. 6 , T 37 S, R 11 W.

Commodities

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

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS IN REFERENCE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.05034, 42.39121
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust Fault

Ore body information

  • Thickness 10.67M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LATERITES DEVELOPED ON PARTLY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE. ULTRAMAFICS ARE THRUST OVER LATE JURASSIC MARINE SEDIMENTS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 45 - 46

  • Deposit

    1954 RECON APPLING, R. N. UNPUBLISHED REPORT IN COOPERATION WITH CALIFORNIA - OREGON POWER CO. AND U.S.B.M

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE EXPLORATION OF THE AREA FOR NICKEL. PROSPECTING HAS BEEN MAINLY FOR COPPER AND CHROMITE.
Deposit ROCK CONTENT VARIES FROM ABOUT 30 TO 80 %

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 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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