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Hankins

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033002
MRDS ID M014852
Record type Site
Current site name Hankins
Alternate or previous names Oregon Mine
Related records 10201627

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -119.29413, 44.29096 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Weasel Springs(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

Malheur 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 015S 028E 12 NE OF NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -119.29413, 44.29096
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SMALL LENSES OF MASSIVE BLACK CHROMITE OCCUR WITH SLICKENSIDES IN SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Murderer'S Creek

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the production information

  • 65 TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSIST OF A 20 FOOT SHAFT, A SHALLOW CUT 50 FEET LONG, AND A NUMBER OF PROSPECT PITS 65 TONS OUTPUT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J.E., 1938, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON, ODGMI BULL. 9, P. 67

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941, ODGMI BULL. 14-B,P. 152

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON; USGS BULL. 922-D, P. 112

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBERS (M014851) AND (M014891) MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1980 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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