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George Len Lode

Occurrence 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. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033045
MRDS ID M014929
Record type Site
Current site name George Len Lode
Related records 10152609

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87855, 44.15263 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seneca(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Silvies(hydrologic unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon Closed Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 016S 032E 28 NE OF SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4 SE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Antigorite Ore
Chromite Ore
Uvarovite Ore
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE ABOUT 35 - 36 % CHROMIC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) Alluvial deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SPOTTED GRADING INTO MASSIVE

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: ORE HAS A PLATY CHARACTER CAUSED BY ITS BEING GENERALLY BROKEN BY JOINTS WHICH ARE OFTEN PROMINENT IN ONE DIRECTION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • 30 FT. TUNNEL; AND GLORY HOLE 10 X 70 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON, ODGMI, BULL. 9 , P. 60 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL 14 - B, P. 21 - 22 .

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON, U.S.G.S. BULL. 725 - A, P. 47 .

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN PLACES IT SHOWS RUDE PLANAR BANDING
Deposit RENAMED GEORGE LEN CODE - BLM MIN REPORT IN TP FILE - AS A RESULT OF PATENT APPLICATION & USGS RECORD (W017037) AND CONSV. RECORD (M014920) HAVE BEEN 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-JUN-1978 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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