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Gardner Mine

Past Producer in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, Ruthenium
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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. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Production statistics
  18. Workings at the site
  19. Links to other databases
  20. Bibliographic references
  21. General comments
  22. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043116
MRDS ID M061614
Record type Site
Current site name Gardner Mine
Alternate or previous names 3 Claims: 4th of July, Swede, Susie
Related records 10128549

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.98199, 42.19732 (WGS84)
Elevation 1195
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 4 MI NORTHWEST OF CHETCO PEAK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chetco Peak(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 011W 10,03 N2 (10); S2 (03) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR ADIT SYMBOL LABELED GARDNER MINE ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4671940N, 419020E.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE SAMPLE OF HIGH GRADE FROM 4TH OF JULY CLAIM ASSAYED 50.2% CR2O3, 2.9 CR:FE, TALCOSE ORE FROM SWEDE CLAIM ASSAYED 40.26% CR2O3, 9.91% FE
Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=16 PPB, PD=16 PPB
Result IR=100 PPB
Result RU=400 PPB
Result RH=22 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 Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.98199, 42.19732
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Highly Sheared; Thrusting, Normal Faulting

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, LENS
    Strike N45-65W
    Dip 30-45SW
    Thickness 1.22M
    Width 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Mamgatic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • HORNBLENDE DIORITE IS NORTH OF DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Sourdough-Vulcan Peak Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1952-1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^45-50% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 48wt-pct

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT IS 50 FT DEEP. 200 FT SHALLOW CUT ON SWEDE CLAIM. ADIT SHOWN ON TOPO MAP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 98-99.

  • 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

    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, P. 30.

  • 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 2-3 SEPARATE LAYERS IN A ZONE 30-50 FT WIDE. LOW-GRADE DISSEMINATED ORE PRESENT AT DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-76 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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