Woodcock Creek

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Rhodium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043236
MRDS ID M061804
Record type Site
Current site name Woodcock Creek
Related records 10274514

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.70948, 42.13204 (WGS84)
Elevation 597
Relative position ABOUT 4 MI SOUTHWESTOF CAVE JUNCTION

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Junction(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

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 008W 36 NEAR CENTER Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION PLOTS NEAR CENTER OF SEC. 36 ON WOODCOCK CREEK. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Olivine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=<10 PPB
Result PD=<4 PPB
Result IR=100 PPB
Result RU=300 PPB
Result RH=10 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 Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    Rock unit name Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.70948, 42.13204

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.