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Rough and Ready Outwash

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Nickel, 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. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10033283
MRDS ID M015587
Record type Site
Current site name Rough and Ready Outwash
Alternate or previous names Part of the Rough and Ready Group
Related records 10201620

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.70421, 42.08676 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 009W 13 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Analytical data

Result ODGMI CALCULATED GRADE OF SOIL AND FINES IS 0.45 % NI, 1 % CR, 0.03% CO.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.70421, 42.08676
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone - Fault Contact

Ore body information

  • Thickness 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA UNDERLAIN BY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE OF JOSEPHINE ULTRAMAFIC SHEET, IN FAULT CONTACT WITH UPPER JURASSIC GALICE FORMATION. FAULT IS VERTICAL AND STRIKES ABOUT N. 20 E. LATERITE IS REMNANT OF OLD UPLAND WEATHERED SURFACE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 35 - 36

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, P.37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ALLUVIAL OUTWASH DEPOSIT OF PERIDOTITE BOULDERS, SAND, GRAVEL, AND SOIL; ESTIMATED VOLUME OF UNWEATHERED ROCK IS 90 %.

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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