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Berry Nickel

Occurrence in Malheur 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. Materials information
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033431
MRDS ID M015778
Record type Site
Current site name Berry Nickel

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.58491, 44.40208 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Malheur(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mormon Basin(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Malheur

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 13S;14S 32E 34;02 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysoprase Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 0.12% TO 0.29% NI

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 10
USGS model code 5b
Deposit model name Noril'sk Cu-Ni-PGE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.58491, 44.40208
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description John Day Fault

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Zone

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON; MISC. PAPER 20, P. 59

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NI VALUES IN SILICA-CARBONATE ROCK ARE INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM NI VALUES IN SURROUNDING SERPENTINITES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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