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Josephine Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098337
MRDS ID M015589
Record type Site
Current site name Josephine Creek
Alternate or previous names Red Baron Group
Related records 10152678

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.72393, 42.07065 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

O'Brien(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 009W 26 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • ON SLOPES OF JOSEPHINE CREEK BETWEEN 1,700 AND 3,000 FT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Analytical data

Result 16 ODGMI SAMPLES OF LATERITE ASSAYED 0.37 - 1.19 % NI
Result 0.03 - 0.11 % CO
Result AND 0.6 -2.1 % CR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    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) -123.72393, 42.07065
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAIN ROCK IS SERPENTINIZED HARZBURGITE. CEMENTED PLEISTOCENE BENCH GRAVELS OCCUR ALONG JOSEPHINE CREEK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • PLACER MINING HAS PRODUCED SOME GOLD AND JOSEPHINITE FROM ASSOCIATED BENCH GRAVELS.

Comments on the workings information

  • FEW SHALLOW BULLDOZER CUTS AND STEEP PROSPECT ROAD BUILT BY PREVIOUS CLAIMANTS. PLACER MINING HAS PRODUCED SOME GOLD AND JOSEPHINITE FROM ASSOCIATED BENCH GRAVELS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 35

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit UNWEATHERED ROCK AVERAGES 40 % BY VOLUME
Deposit LOCATED AROUND 1954 .

Reporter information

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

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