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Meadows and Duckworth

Occurrence in Grant 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032980
MRDS ID M014817
Record type Site
Current site name Meadows and Duckworth
Related records 10128309

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.36688, 44.81402 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Ireland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bates(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(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 Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 009S 035E 01 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS DARK, FINE GRAINED AND SPECKLED AND CARRIES CHRONITE IRREGULAR GRAINS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Dolomite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result A SINGLE ASSAY GAVE 35 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE

Nearby scientific data

(1) Intrusive rocks
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND BANDS
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FINE-GRAINED AND MASSIVE SOAPSTONE. ; GEOL.DESC: ORE OCCURS IN A 10 FT. WIDE ZONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category Private
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A , P. 54

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS DARK, FINE-GRAINED AND SPECKLED, AND CARRIES CHROMITE IN IRREGULAR GRAINS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-1982 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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