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Pony Shoe Chrome

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042724
MRDS ID M060658
Record type Site
Current site name Pony Shoe Chrome
Related records 10177276

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.50726, 42.00677 (WGS84)
Elevation 1341

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Takilma(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 007W 14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 2 SAMPLES ASSAYED 41.7% CR2O3, AND 45.37% CR2O3 WITH 19.89% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.50726, 42.00677
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FLOAT, LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Waldo

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1941
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^36. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 36wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • A SIZEABLE CHROME LENS REMOVED DURING W.W.1

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE PONY SHOE GROUP FOR ADJACENT PRECIOUS METAL MINERALIZATION.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1982 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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