O. R. Mascall Claims

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10032997
MRDS ID M014842
Record type Site
Current site name O. R. Mascall Claims
Related records 10273851

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.56275, 44.40178 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dayville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Dayville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)

John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)

Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

ST(Federal land areas administered by ST)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 026E 35 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.56275, 44.40178

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SMALL NARROW LENSES AND MASSES

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE BODIES ARE CONNECTED BY NARROWER STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name South Fork

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • VERY LITTLE ORE IS IN SIGHT; LITTLE PROMISE OF PRODUCTION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P. 53

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1980 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.