Snow Camp Mountain Nickel Deposit

Prospect in Curry 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 10274122
MRDS ID M015542
MAS/MILS ID 0410150045
Record type Site
Current site name Snow Camp Mountain Nickel Deposit
Alternate or previous names Snow Camp Mountain Laterite, Windy Valley Group
Related records 10095153

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Trench
Geographic coordinates: -124.12697, 42.36291 (WGS84)
Elevation 1237
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Collier Butte(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(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 037 S 012 W 16 Oregon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Wad Unknown

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 3420M
    Width 1045M
    Area 50HA
    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 N00S:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 50
    Date of Last Modification 821117

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant Yes

Mining district

District name Agness

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner J. B. Myers
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIS DEPOSIT (AS WELL AS COLLIER CREEK, UPPER LAWSON CREEK, WEST FORK ILLINOIS RIVER, FREE AND EASY, CEDAR SPRINGS, AND RED BARON) ARE ALL SMALL, LOW-GRADE NICKEL LATERITES WITH A SMALL AMOUNT OF CHROMIUM THAT IS PROBABLY NOT RECOVERABLE. DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980

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
    Percent Waste Rock 0
    Capacity 200
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 1.74
    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 93, 1977, P. 49.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 54.

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 85/15 ROCK TO S RATIO. RECORD 080 STRIKE= LONGESTDIMENSION OF ZONE,DIP DOESN RECORD 130. COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. RECORD 080- SMALL SOIL PATCHES WITHIN LARGER ZONE. MINE CAP EQUIP 140M WORK CAP 20M ACQ 0 EXP0 DEV 0 LEAD TIME TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 136 MT AT 2.17% CR2O3 IS FEED GRAVITY THIS FEED -1/4 INCH SO NO CRUSH +BIN+CONVEY+SCREEN COSTS INC IN CHROMITE CAPITAL COST MADE UP GRAVITY PLANT $387,174. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $76,010. FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $463,184. CHROMITE RECOVERY UNECONOMIC AT BELOW $340 MT FOR 42% CHROM

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Hillman U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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