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Hawks Rest View

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Production statistics
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042701
MRDS ID M060610
Record type Site
Current site name Hawks Rest View
Alternate or previous names Unnamed # 11 On Kerby
Related records 10274031

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.86783, 42.19232 (WGS84)
Elevation 853
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 2 MI NORTH OF HAWKS REST

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 039S 010W 10 NW4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4671300N, 428300E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=10 PPB
Result PD=2 PPB
Result RH=60 PPB
Result IR, RU NOT ANALYZED. CR:FE=3:1

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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.86783, 42.19232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NARROW, TAPERING LAYERS OF MASSIVE AND DISSEMINATED CHROMITE
    Strike N
    Dip 50W
    Length 109.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Babyfoot - Little Chetco Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1952
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^45-48% Cr2o3, Cr:Fe=3:1
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 69.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, TABLE 7.

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-73 Unknown Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-FEB-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAR-90 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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