Cedar Springs Laterite

Prospect in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Cobalt, Chromium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097038
MRDS ID M015604
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Springs Laterite
Related records 10274540

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.85283, 42.04426 (WGS84)
Relative position ALONG COOK RD. AND ACROSS CHETCO DIVIDE TRAIL RD.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 010W 35 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE APPEARS TO BE ABOUT 0.60 % NI, 0.07 % CO, AND 1.30 % CR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Dacite
    Rock unit name Josephine ;Josephine
    Rock description Josephine ;Josephine
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Josephine Peridotite
    Rock description Josephine Peridotite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.85283, 42.04426

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 1206.98M
    Width 402.33M
    Depth to bottom 12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS UNDERLAIN BY PARTLY SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE, WITH SOME DUNITE AND SERPENTINITE. MAIN AREA OF LATERITIC SOIL LIES SW OF CONTACT WITH LARGE COMPLEX DIORITIC BODY.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 20 - 22

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.47

  • Deposit

    1975 DIREXPL LEN RAMP - SEVEN HAND-AUGER SAMPLES

  • Deposit

    1977 DIREXPL INSPIRATION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATED AMT. OF UNWEATHERED RX IN SOIL IS ESTIMATED TO BE 45 % BY VOLUME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-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

Beyond USGS

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