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Pearsoll Peak

Past 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. Alteration
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042699
MRDS ID M060605
Record type Site
Current site name Pearsoll Peak
Related records 10177139

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.84727, 42.29676 (WGS84)
Elevation 1463

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pearsoll Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 010W 2 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentized

Analytical data

Result MASSIVE ORE ASSAYED 48.35% CR2O3
Result 11.86% FE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.84727, 42.29676
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SCATTERED LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pearsoll Peak

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Foster, Ernest

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^49. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 49wt-pct
  • Year 1953
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct
  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^46. % Cr2o3 (Conc)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 46wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^53. % Cr2o3 (Conc.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 53wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^49. % Cr2o3 (Conc.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 49wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • REPORTEDLY ABOUT 250 TONS OF 23% CR2O3 WAS CONCENTRATED TO 95 TONS OF ABOUT 52% CR2O3 & 13% FE

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHORT ADITS AND AN OPEN CUT. REPORTEDLY ABOUT 250 TONS OF 23% CR2O3 WAS CONCENTRATED TO 95 TONS OF ABOUT 52% CR2O3 & 13% FE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 19778 GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.31

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISC. FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-E, MAP NO. 5.

  • Production

    THAYER FILES & RAMP, 1961

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M015308) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1985 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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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