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Smith River

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Land status
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033293
MRDS ID M015598
Record type Site
Current site name Smith River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.97783, 42.01454 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forests(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 041S 011W 03,04,09,10,11,14 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soil Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Syncline Structure, Serpentine

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE ASSAYS IN REFERENCE. SOIL AND SAPROLITE AVERAGE ABOUT 0.73 % NI, 0.07 % CO, 1.76 % CR2O3

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.97783, 42.01454
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shear Zone

Ore body information

  • Thickness 6.1M

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA LIES ON SYNCLINAL NOSE OF THRUST SHEET OF ULTRAMAFIC ROCK OVER DOTHAN FORMATION MARINE SEDIMENTS. ULTRAMAFICS CONSIST OF HARZBURGITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 39 - 40

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.49

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE ROCK CONTENT OF SOIL ABOUT 40 %
Deposit EXPLORATION HAS CONSISTED OF AERIAL PHOTO RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING USING 1973 COLOR INFRARED PHOTOGRAPHS, SURFACE RECONNAISSANCE MAPPING, AND HAND AUGER SAMPLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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