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Illinois River Sulfide Occurrence

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Gold, Platinum, Palladium
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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. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10095812
MRDS ID MP00262
Record type Site
Current site name Illinois River Sulfide Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.01145, 42.42982 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 0.75 MI NORTH OF COLLIER BAR, Acc Accurate Within Mineralized Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Horse Sign Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(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

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 036S 011W 28,29 W4 (28); E4 (29) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • IN ILLINOIS NATIONAL WILD AND SCENIC RIVER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pentlandite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Analytical data

Result 310-740 PPM NI, 1,600-4,900 PPM CU,76-340 PPM CO, 50-150 PPB PT, 200-500 PPB PD, 100-700 PPB AU IN 5 SULFIDE-RICH ROCK SAMPLES. OTHER ANALYSES FOUND IN FOOSE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Chetco complex of Hotz (1971)
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Thrust Slices Of Ophiolitic And Island-Arc Rocks
Type of structure Local
Structure description Steeply Dipping Faults

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, MASSIVE
    Thickness 5M
    Length 15M
    Width 10M
    Depth to top 0M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Immiscible Sulfide Liquid

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 15M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FOOSE, M.P., 1986, SETTING OF A MAGMATIC SULFIDE OCCURRENCE IN A DISMEMBERED OPHIOLITE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-A, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J, AND OTHERS, 1981, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE KALMIOPSIS WILDERNESS AREA, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-1240-A, SCALE 1:62,500.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DIMENSIONS GIVEN ARE OF LARGEST MASSIVE POD; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: ACOJE NI-CU-PGE?.

Reporter information

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

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