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Peavine

Occurrence in Josephine 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033306
MRDS ID M015614
Record type Site
Current site name Peavine
Alternate or previous names Red Cap Group
Related records 10128792

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.62755, 42.58343 (WGS84)
Relative position WEST OF PEAVINE ON SE SLOPES OF MT. PEAVINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Peavine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canyonville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 034S 008W 27 SE OF SE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS IN REFERENCE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.62755, 42.58343
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • UNDERLYING ROCK IS PERIDOTITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SHALLOW SAMPLING INDICATES LITTLE NICKEL ENRICHMENT. SOME INCREASE MAY BE INDICATED AT DEPTH. FURTHER ATTEMPTS TO SAMPLE AT GREATER DEPTHS MAY BE JUSTIFIED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 51

  • Deposit

    1953 GEOLMAP WELLS, F. G. AND WALKER, G. W

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVENTEEN LODE CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1957 .
Deposit Discovery Year: SEPT. 1957

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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