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Greenhorn Chrome

Occurrence in Malheur county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033352
MRDS ID M015672
Record type Site
Current site name Greenhorn Chrome
Related records 10298269

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.60574, 44.33986 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Becker Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Brogan(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Willow(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Boise(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(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 Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 042E 20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.60574, 44.33986
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SML
    Length 1.83M
    Width 0.3M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SERPENTINITE IS TECTONICALLY EMPLACED INTO JURASSIC SEDIMENTARY ROCKS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Willow Creek

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKING CONSIST OF NUMEROUS SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND TUNNELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOLFF, E.N., 1965, GEOLOGY OF THE N 1/2 OF THE CAVINESS QUADRANGLE, OREGON; UNIV. OF OREGON PHD. THESIS

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., MCINTYRE, J.R., AND WALKER, G.W., 1976, GEOLOGY OF THE OREGON PART OF THE BAKER 1 DEG BY 2 DEG QUADRANGLE. ODGMI GMS-7, GEOL. MAP

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON ODGMI FIVE REPORT

  • Deposit

    1938 RECON ODGMI FILE REPOR

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1979 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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