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Ford and Myers

Past Producer 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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032995
MRDS ID M014837
Record type Site
Current site name Ford and Myers
Related records 10274434

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.34799, 44.81429 (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 036E 06 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION UNCERTAIN

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result LOW GRADE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.34799, 44.81429
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Melange Zone

Ore body information

  • Strike E - W
    Dip 70 DEG N

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE IS FOUND IN SERIES OF OPENINGS IN A ZONE OF BROKEN SERPENTINE, 4 TO 8 FT. WIDE, WHICH IS CLEARLY SEPARATED FROM ADJOINING MORE MASSIVE SERPENTINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Granite

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Wallowa-Whitman National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • SURFACE CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P. 55

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SPOTTED ORE

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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