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Young's Mine

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, 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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Mining district
  17. Land status
  18. Ownership information
  19. Production statistics
  20. Workings at the site
  21. Links to other databases
  22. Bibliographic references
  23. General comments
  24. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043104
MRDS ID M061598
Record type Site
Current site name Young's Mine
Alternate or previous names Dailey Dozen Claims
Related records 10298944

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.81505, 42.29954 (WGS84)
Elevation 975
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.6 MI EAST OF PEARSOLL PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S;037S;038S 009W;009W;010W 06;31;01 NW4 (06); SW4 (31); SE4 OF SE4 (01) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR PROSPECT SYMBOL SHOWN IN NW CORNER SEC. 6 ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4683160N, 432910E.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Gangue
Talc Gangue
Uvarovite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Dunite Largely Altered To Serpentine And Talc

Analytical data

Result CONCENTRATE ASSAYED 52% CR2O3, 2.1 CR:FE. 3 PGE ANALYSES: PT=N(10)-40 PPB
Result PD=<4-30 PPB
Result IR=20 PPB (2 NOT ANALYZED)
Result RU=<100 PPB (2 NOT ANALYZED)
Result RH=4-12 PPB.

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 Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.81505, 42.29954
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Landslides And Numerous Offsets On Transverse Faults.

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, SMALL LENSES, AND SOME MASSIVE ORE
    Strike N30E
    Dip STEEP
    Length 9.14M
    Width 3.66M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Pearsoll Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Holman, J. R.

Production statistics

  • Year 1954
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^47-49% Cr2o3, 17% Fe (48% Cr203, Weighted Average Grade)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 48wt-pct
    Ore Iron Iron 17wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPEN CUTS

Comments on development

  • 11 CLAIMS LOCATED IN 1952 BY T.E. GLENN AND C. YOUNG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 43.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • 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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTH SIDE BANDED - DIFFERENT FROM SOUTH SIDE - LENS.
Deposit RECORD M015310 HAS MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-76 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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