| Deposit ID | 10043113 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061610 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Black Otter Claim |
| Related records | 10249721 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -123.77949, 42.33204 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 335 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Josephine |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 037S | 009W | 20 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Actinolite | Gangue |
| Antigorite | Gangue |
| Talc | Gangue |
| Result | CHROMITE LAYER - LOWER GRADE - ASSAYED 37% CR2O3, 12% FE, NEARLY 9% SIO2 |
|---|---|
| Result | MORE MASSIVE CHROMITE ASSAYED 44.9% CR2O3, 14.3% FE. |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite |
| Rock unit name | Josephine Peridotite |
| Rock description | Josephine Peridotite |
| (1) | -123.77949, 42.33204 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Shearing, Landslide |
| General form | LENS, LAYER |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 30 E |
| Dip | 45 SE |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Production years | 1954 |
| District name | Illinois River |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Siskiyou National Forest |
| Year | 1954 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ORE | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^52. % Cr2o3, 11.3 % Fe | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061610 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410330485 |
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.
RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 2 OCCURRENCES - SLIDE & LAYER |
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBER (M015261) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1978 | Unknown | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-FEB-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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