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Berry Prospect

Occurrence in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10033307
MRDS ID M015615
Record type Site
Current site name Berry Prospect
Related records 10128642

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.84273, 44.38874 (WGS84)
Relative position ON DEAN CREEK ABOUT 6 MI. SE OF JOHN DAY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Castle Creek(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 013S 032E 34 SE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • N 1/2 NW 1/4 SEC 2 ; SE 1/4 SEC 34 .

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 18 SAMPLES RANGE IN VALUE FROM 0.12 TO 0.29 % NI WITH AN AVERAGE OF 0.18 %. RANDOM SAMPLE FROM MAIN OUTCROP ASSAYS 0.13 % NI AND 0.10 % CR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.84273, 44.38874
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 365.76M
    Length 457.2M
    Width 121.92M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SILICA CARBONATE ROCK BELIEVED TO HAVE FORMED BY ALTERATION OF SERPENTINITE ALONG MAJOR FAULT ZONE (POSSIBLY BRANCH OF JOHN DAY FAULT).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORK DONE SINCE 1961

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 59

  • Deposit

    1956 DIREXPL GROUP OF GEOLOGICAL CONSULTANTS

  • Deposit

    1961 DIREXPL THREE DIAMOND-DRILL HOLES PUT DOWN

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1979 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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