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Cleopatra-Taylor Creek

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033295
MRDS ID M015600
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra-Taylor Creek
Related records 10225385

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.9156, 42.03371 (WGS84)
Relative position ON NORTH END OF CLEOPATRA RIDGE, WEST OF TAYLOR CREEK; ABOUT 1 MI N OF OLD MCGREN WAGON RD.

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 32 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Chromium Critical Secondary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE IS ABOUT 1.00 % NI
Result 0.10 % CO
Result AND 1.80 % CR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Josephine Peridotite
    Rock description Josephine Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.9156, 42.03371
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 15.24M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PARTLY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE AND SOME DUNITE AREAS ABOVE 2,800 FT ARE PROBABLY EROSIONAL REMNANTS OF MORE EXTENSIVE BLANKET OF LALERITIE SOIL. SOME AREAS BELOW 2,800 FT. PROBABLY INCLUDE SOME SLUMP MATERIAL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Babyfoot-Little Chetco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ALTHOUGH ON PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION THE AREA APPEARS TO LACK VALUE TO THE ABUNDANCE OF UNWEATHERED ROCK AT SURFACE, FURTHER INVESTIGATION MAY BE JUSTIFIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 23 - 25 %

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.48

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY CONTAIN AS MUCH AS 60 % ROCK BY VOLUME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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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