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Hiller

Past Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Mercury, Nickel
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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. 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. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10250032
MRDS ID M054913
MAS/MILS ID 0410010146
Record type Site
Current site name Hiller
Alternate or previous names Lyons Mine, Hiller Chrome, Red Elephant Nickle Prospect
Related records 10040222

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -118.29544, 44.36375 (WGS84)
Elevation 1661
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bullrun Rock(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Burnt(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wallowa-Whitman 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 Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014 S 036 E 09 C NESE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -118.29544, 44.36375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N50E
    Dip 60S
    Thickness 1M
    Length 18M
    Width 9M
    Area 4HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 PROPYLITIC
    Strike And Dip N50E:60S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 4
    Date of Last Modification 821117

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1917
Year of first production 1917

Mining district

District name Upper Burnt Riv

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner U.S. Government
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 55, 1963.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES IC 8252, 1965, P. 332.

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978, P. 60

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS DEPOSIT IS NOT A RESOURCE THE NICKEL VALUES ARE TOO LOW CHROMITE DEPOSIT IS TOO SMALL IN SIZE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-JUN-92 Ridenour, James U.S. Bureau of Mines

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