Dream Claims

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098330
MRDS ID M015031
Record type Site
Current site name Dream Claims
Alternate or previous names Dream 1 , 2 , 3, Black Hawk 1 , 2, Olive Lake Chromite
Related records 10128827

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.62189, 44.79568 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Olive Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Umatilla 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 009S 034E 09 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • SE 1/4; 5 UNPATENTED CLAIMS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result COMPOSITE SAMPLE PICKED FROM FRACTURE ZONE DUMP RAN 45 % CR2O3.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.62189, 44.79568

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form KIDNEY/SMALL SEGREGATIONS

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PART OF THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN 4 FRACTURE ZONE APPROXIMATELY 6 FT. WIDE STRIKING S 30 E.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Desolation Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Umatilla National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • VALUE OF CHROMITE MINED IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN $1200.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 20 PITS DUG ON CLAIMS VALUE OF CHROMITE MINED IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN $1200.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 100

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

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