Bald Eagle

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033040
MRDS ID M014922
Record type Site
Current site name Bald Eagle
Alternate or previous names Oscar Pepper
Related records 10249547

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.82356, 44.35541 (WGS84)

Site location context

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

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 014S 032E 13 NE OF SW Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SW 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result MILL CONCENTRATES ASSAYED 35.40 % CR2O3 AND 11.8 % IRON

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mtn. Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mtn. Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.82356, 44.35541

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDED AND SPOTTED
    Strike N - S
    Dip 35 DEG W

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SOUTH END OF ORE BODY IS CLEARLY INTRUSIVE INTO INCLUSION OF BASEMENT-COMPLEX DIORITE. BANDING IN CHROMITE IS PERPENDICULAR TO DIORITE CONTACT; JUTAPOSITION OF CHROMITE BODY AND INCLUSION SEEM ACCIDENTAL. CONTACT OF DUNITE AND ORE SHOW ABRUPT TRANSITIONS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS 10 TO 15 FEET LONG AND 6 FEET WIDE AND 20 FT. APART EXPOSE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 9 , P. 62 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 19 .

  • Deposit

    1952 GEOLMAP ODGMI FILE REPOR

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NODULES AVERAGE THREE-EIGHTHS OF AN INCH IN LENGTH, THREE-SIXTEENTHS OF AN INCH IN THICKNESS. AVERAGE THICKNESS OF ORE AVERAGES 5 FT.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JAN-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

Beyond USGS

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