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Tincup Peak

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Copper, Cobalt, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Gold
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048460
MRDS ID MP00047
Record type Site
Current site name Tincup Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.91422, 42.31149 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position AT TINCUP PEAK, Accurate Within Intrusive Complex

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tincup 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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 037S 010W 29,30,31,32 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR SUMMIT OF PEAK DIRECTLY EAST OF TINCUP PEAK, APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE INTRUSIVE COMPLEX

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Copper Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary
Palladium Critical Primary
Rhodium Critical Primary
Gold Primary

Analytical data

Result SEVERAL PGE ANALYSES WITH AVERAGES OF PT=52.2 PPB IN GABBRO, 24.8 PPB IN CLINOPYROXENITE, 44.9 PPB IN OLIVINE-RICH ROCKS
Result PD=53.3 PPB IN GABBRO, 40.7 PPB IN CLINOPYROXENITE, 22.2 PPB IN OLIVINE-RICH ROCKS. OTHER ANALYSIS YIELDED 0.05% NI, 0.28% CU, 130 PPB PT, 360 PPB PD, 2 PPB RH, 270 PPB AU

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 23
USGS model code 9
Deposit model name Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE)
Mark3 model number 120

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock
    Rock unit name Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite;Chetco River Complex In Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.91422, 42.31149
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lenticular Fault-Bounded Blocks

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN, PROBABLY DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • CUMULATE ROCKS ARE CUT BY HORNBLENDE GABBRO. COMPLEX HAS BEEN DATED AT 154-163 MA

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS

Comments on development

  • NO REAL EXPLORATION, DISCOVERED DURING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO MRDS RECORD M061816.
Deposit SIMILAR TO ALASKA TYPE CLINOPYROXENE-RICH ULTRAMAFIC TO MAFIC INTRUSIONS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-90 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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