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Lambert & Flick

Producer in Baker county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032817
MRDS ID M014578
Record type Site
Current site name Lambert & Flick
Related records 10297868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -117.1899, 44.56764 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Baker(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Connor Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baker City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Brownlee Reservoir(hydrologic unit)

Middle Snake-Powder(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Snake(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Baker

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 011S 045E 35 NW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ABOUT 30 % CHROMIC OXIDE

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Dolomite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -117.1899, 44.56764
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • CRYSTALLINE TALC-DOLOMITE ROCK DERIVED FROM ALTERATION OF PERIDOTITE. ; GEOL.DESC: LENSES SHARPLY SEPARATED FROM COUNTRY ROCK. LENSE LIE PARALLEL TO BANDING OF TALC-DOLOMITE ROCK.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Connor Creek Area

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPMENT CONSISTS OF SEVERAL HAND DUG PITS AND TRENCHES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL 725 - A, P. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LENSES AND IRREGULAR SHAPED BODIES RANGE UP TO 10 FT. LONG AND 3 FT. WIDE. LESS THAN 30 TONS OF ORE GRADE MATERIALIS VISIBLE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1978 Bradley, Robin U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1980 Walker, G. W. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1995 Li, Zhiping (Peters, S.) U.S. Geological Survey

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