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Unnamed Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. 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 10048650
MRDS ID MP00260
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.93134, 44.36013 (WGS84)
Elevation 1646
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.4 MI SOUTHEAST OF SUMMIT OF LITTLE CANYON MOUNTAIN, Acc Accurate For Sample Site Location

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Malheur National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 032E 18 NW4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN MALHEUR NATIONAL FOREST.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 50 PPB IR, 300 PPB RU, 26 PPB RH, 6PPB PD, 19 PPB PT IN CHROMITITE SAMPLE

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 Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.93134, 44.36013
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form MASSIVE OR DISSEMINATED

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Immiscible Liquid Magmatic Segregation

Comments on the geologic information

  • NO INFORMATION FOUND OTHER THAN PGE ANALYSIS IN CARLSON AND OTHERS (1985)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-93 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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

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