| Deposit ID | 10033036 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M014916 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pc 9 |
| Alternate or previous names | Pine Creek Deposits, Accident, Miller Ranch On Quid Sheet |
| Related records | 10250021 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.83662, 44.36624 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1463 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pine Creek Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
John Day(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
Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)
Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)
BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 014S | 032E | 11 | SW OF SE | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Result | 50 TO 52 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE |
|---|---|
| Result | SILICA CONTENT ABOUT 4 % |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -118.83662, 44.36624 |
|---|
| General form | LENSES, STRINGERS, AND IRREGULAR BODIES |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Canyon |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Haight, Clinton P. |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M014916 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230273 |
BROWN, C. E., THAYER, T. P., 1966, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE CANYON CITY QUADRANGLE, NE OR: U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, MISC. INVEST. MAP I-447.
US BUREAU MINES, 1943, CHROMIUM, JOHN DAY DIST., GRANT CO., OR: WAR MINERALS REPORT 49, 30 PAGES.
OR DEPT. GEOL. MIN. IND., 1941, OR METAL MINES HANDBOOK: BULL. 14-B, CANYON AREA, P. 29.
LINDGREN, W., 1901, THE GOLD BELT OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS OF OR: 22ND ANNUAL-REPORT, U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PART 2, PAGE 551-776.
BLM ORMC 55462
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | LODE, RICH, SOFT ORE |
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBER (M014919) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| 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 |
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