Prospect South of Vulcan Peak

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium
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. Alteration
  9. Mineral occurrence model information
  10. Host and associated rocks
  11. Nearby scientific data
  12. Geologic structures
  13. Ore body information
  14. Controls for ore emplacement
  15. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  16. Land status
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048461
MRDS ID MP00048
Record type Site
Current site name Prospect South of Vulcan Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.98255, 42.16176 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006
Relative position ABOUT 1 MI SOUTH OF VULCAN 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 15 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • CADASTRAL COORDINATES ESTIMATED, AREA UNSURVEYED. IN KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION; TOPO MAP SHOWS NO PROSPECTS IN AREA.

Commodities

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PAGE AND OTHERS (1975) REPORTED OTHER PGE ANALYSES IN GENERAL AREA. THEY ARE NOT RECORDED AS SEPARATE MRDS ENTRIES

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Harzburgite Is Partly Serpentinized And Foliated

Analytical data

Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=100 PPB
Result PD=20 PPB
Result RH=7 PPB
Result IR, RU NOT ANALYZED

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 > Harzburgite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite;Dothan Formation
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite;Dothan Formation
    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 Josephine Ophiolite
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.98255, 42.16176

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Serpentinite Is Mostly Blocky Rather Than Sheared

Ore body information

  • General form UNKNOWN

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • VULCAN PEAK IS CONSIDERED AN ALPINE TYPE PERIDOTITE WITHIN THE JOSEPHINE OPHIOLITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1990 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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