Cedar Springs Nickel Deposit

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel
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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  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 10152428
MRDS ID OR06364
MAS/MILS ID 0410330453
Record type Site
Current site name Cedar Springs Nickel Deposit
Alternate or previous names Cedar Springs Laterite
Related records 10053464

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES:CEDAR SPRING LATERITE. DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.84696, 42.04512 (WGS84)
Elevation 1207
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

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

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Sepiolite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Granite and diorite

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.5M
    Length 1200M
    Width 315M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N10W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 820827

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Mining district

District name Waldo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walt Freeman Et Al.
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Capacity 400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.32
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 100, 1979,

  • Deposit

    PLATE 2, NO. 438.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 060,070,080- LATERITIC SOIL COMPOSED OF HYDROUS FE CLAY MINERALS,WAD AND POSS. GAR- NIERITE WITH RESIDUAL QTZ. CHROMITE AND ETC.-RECORD 060 S.G.CALC. FOR A 57/42 ROCK TO S RATIO. RECORD 080 STRIKE= LONGESTDIMENSION OF BODY,DIP DOESN RECORD 130. COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 272 MT AT 2937, CR2O3 IS FEED GRAVITY THIS FEED -1/4 INCH SO NO CRUSH +BIN+CONVEY+SCREEN COSTS INC IN CHROMITE CAPITAL COST MAD UP GRAVITY PLANT $516,214. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $104,040. FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $620,254. MINE CAP EQUIP 200M-WORK CAP 32M ACQ 0 DEV 0 EXP 0 LEAD TIME

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-OCT-96 Hillman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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