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Babyfoot

Producer in Curry 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042691
MRDS ID M060595
Record type Site
Current site name Babyfoot
Related records 10298382

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.8181, 42.23704 (WGS84)
Elevation 1052

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Josephine Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chetco(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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)

Kalmiopsis Wilderness(Wilderness)

Wilderness 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 038S 009W 30 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result HIGH GRADE ORE, PICKED SAMPLES FREE FROM GANGUE ASSAYED ABOUT 52% CR2O3, WITH 3.4:1 CR:FE RATIO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Josephine Peridotite
    Rock description Josephine Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.8181, 42.23704
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing In Serpentine & Alignment Of Chromite Lenses Conform To Attitude Of Argillite

Ore body information

  • General form FLOAT, LENS
    Strike N 15 W
    Dip 68 NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: MAIN CR OCCURRENCE PARALLELS THE FAULTED CONTACT OF SERPENTINE & FOOT WALL OF ARGILLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Production years 1951-1954

Mining district

District name Babyfoot-Little Chetco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1943
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^52. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 52wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Period 1951-1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^48% Cr2o3 3.1 Cr:Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 48wt-pct
  • Year 1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^46. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 46wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MOSTLY IN MINED FROM FLOAT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.30

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1975, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UPPER CHETCO DRAINAGE AREA, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 88, P.25

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENS OF ORE WIDELY SEPARATED & SMALL; LARGE BOULDERS OF CHROMITE TO 3 FT. DIAM
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013217) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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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