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Red Flat Laterite

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt, Mercury, Gold, Platinum, Silver
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Controls for ore emplacement
  14. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  15. Mining district
  16. Land status
  17. Ownership information
  18. Links to other databases
  19. Bibliographic references
  20. General comments
  21. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10040960
MRDS ID M055858
Record type Site
Current site name Red Flat Laterite
Alternate or previous names Red Flat Placer, Red Gold Association Nos. 1-9
Related records 10200627

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -124.29089, 42.34148 (WGS84)
Elevation 762
Relative position 17 MI SOUTHEAST OF GOLD BEACH BY ROAD, 8 MI BY AIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sundown Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gold Beach(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cape Blanco(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Chetco(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(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 037S}037S 013W}014W 13,24,25}18,19,30,31 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • PARTLY UNSURVEYED. MUCH OF AREA IN SISKIYOU NATIONAL FOREST. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR CENTRAL PART OF RED FLAT IN SEC. 30, T. 37 S., R. 14 W.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Mercury Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • EARLY OWNERS CLAIMED TO HAVE FOUND AU, AG, PT, AND HG LOCALLY. PLACER MINING FOR AU, HG WAS CONDUCTED IN THE 1930'S AND LATER BUT THERE IS NO RECORD OF PRODUCTION

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Garnierite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Mercury Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE GRADE OF SOIL AND SAPROLITE IS ABOUT 0.80% NI, 0.15% CO, 1.14% CR2O3, AND 18% FE. WET ASSAYS, 1933, CLAIMED $20 AU, $6 AG, $20 NI, $20 PGE. BLACK SAND ANALYZED 40.9% CR2O3, 0.055% HG, OTHER TEST FAILED TO SHOW AU OR AG IN GRAVELS. ASSAY $0.70/TON AU. HG <0.00002 LB/TON

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 110
USGS model code 38a
Deposit model name Lateritic Ni

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Harzburgite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite;Colebrook Schist;Dothan Formation;Otter Point Sediments
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite;Colebrook Schist;Dothan Formation;Otter Point Sediments

Nearby scientific data

(1) -124.29089, 42.34148
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Slumping And Landsliding Fairly Common

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Dip }
    Thickness 15.24M
  • General form BLANKET
    Dip }

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Weatherinc Cycle

Comments on the geologic information

  • LATERITE IS A LOW FE (25-45%), HIGH MG, SI LATERITE. PART OF AN ULTRAMAFIC THRUST SHEET. LARGE, RELATIVELY FLAT UPLAND AREAS UNDERLAIN BY WEATHERED SERPENTINE AND LATERITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Flat

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hanna Mining Co., Red Flats Nickel Corp., Big Basin Nickel Corp.
    First year 1977

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POSSIBLE COBALT RESERVES?

Comments on the workings information

  • THE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN EXPLORED BY ABOUT 5 MI OF PROSPECT ROADS AND 15,000 FT OF DOZER TRENCHING AND MANY CHURN DRILL AND HAND-AUGER HOLES

Comments on development

  • PROPERTY LOCATED IN 1939 BY HARRY HEFFERLEY. SOME DRILLING HAS BEEN DONE BY USBM AND OTHER WORK HAS BEEN DONE BY ODGMI

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, 1940, OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON--COOS, CURRY, AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES: OERGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 14-C, V. 1, P. 64.

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, H.C., 1963, QUICKSILVER IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 55, P. 99.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1965, MERCURY IN OREGON, IN MERCURY POTENTIAL OF THE UNITED STATES: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8252, P. 323.

  • Deposit

    HUNDHAUSEN, R.J., MC WILLIAMS, J.R., AND BANNING, L.H., 1954, PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE RED FLATS NICKEL DEPOSITS, CURRY COUNTY, OREG.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5072, 19 P.

  • Deposit

    DOLE, HOLLIS, LIBBEY, E.W., AND MASON, R.S., 1948, NICKEL-BEARING LATERITE AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES, ORE BIN, V. 10, NO. 5, P. 33-38.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES MISCELLANEOUS PAPER NO. 20, P. 15-18.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, SCHLICKER, H.G., AND GRAY, J.J., 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES, AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 93, P. 49.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E., 1964, NICKELIFEROUS LATERITES IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON AND NORTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 59, P. 355-396.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE TOTAL AREA OF LATERITIC SOIL IS ABOUT 1,100 ACRES; THE AVERAGE DEPTH OF SOIL AND SAPROLITE IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT 8 FT
Deposit RECORD M061008 HAS BEEN MERGED AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1976 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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