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Spokane Creek Laterite

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodity Nickel
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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. 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 10033292
MRDS ID M015597
Record type Site
Current site name Spokane Creek Laterite
Alternate or previous names McKee Group
Related records 10225903

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.9031, 42.07288 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 040S 010W 16 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE IS 0.54 % NI

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.9031, 42.07288
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY HARZBURGITE. SMALL AREAS OF SOIL APPEAR TO BE EROSIONAL REMNANTS OF MORE EXTENSIVE LATERITIC SOIL COVER.

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • FURTHER EXPLORATION OF THE AREA MAY BE WARRANTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 40 - 41

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.79

  • Deposit

    1971 DIREXPL INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT CO. RECONNAISSANCE SAMPLING AND MAPPIN

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE VOLUME OF ROCK IN SOIL IS 0.54 % NI

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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