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Onion Mountain Nickel

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Copper
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043266
MRDS ID M061868
Record type Site
Current site name Onion Mountain Nickel
Alternate or previous names Pack Trail, Cobalt Blue
Related records 10225329

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.57783, 42.46482 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Onion Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Rogue(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 036S 007W 06 SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnierite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RAN 0.14 - 6.71 % NI
Result 0.25 - 0.32 % CO
Result 0.50 % CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.57783, 42.46482
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHEAR ZONE IN SERPENTINE CONTAINS THIN LENSES OF MAGNETITE, STRINGERS OF PYRRHOTITE AND COATINGS OF GARNIERITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • CUTS, TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON; ODGMI MISC. PAPER 20, P.62

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-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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