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Snowy Ridge

Past Producer in Jackson 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042899
MRDS ID M061189
Record type Site
Current site name Snowy Ridge
Alternate or previous names Sally Ann
Related records 10152650

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.89585, 42.00344 (WGS84)
Elevation 1981
Relative position ON OREGON -CALIFORNIA BOUNDARY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dutchman Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)

Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 002W 14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anthophyllite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.89585, 42.00344
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS, TABULAR
    Strike N15E; N50E
    Dip 45-65E
    Width 1.22M
    Depth to bottom 9.14M
  • General form LENS, TABULAR
    Dip 45-65E

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SERPENTINE LENS IN SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain

Comments on the production information

  • NOT MINED FURTHER BECAUSE OF SMALL SIZE & MARGINAL GRADE OF CHROMITE LAYER.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, P. 54.

  • Deposit

    WELLS, F. G., AND CATER, F. W. JR., 1950, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA: CALIF. DIV. MINES BULL. 134, P. 77-127.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 SEGMENTS OFFSET BY NW FAULT
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013830) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Johnson, Maureen U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-DEC-1980 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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