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Free and Easy Laterite

Occurrence in Josephine 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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042336
MRDS ID M060087
Record type Site
Current site name Free and Easy Laterite
Related records 10270128

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.67227, 42.21788 (WGS84)
Elevation 354

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Junction(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
038S 008W 32 S Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • S 1/2

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soil Ore

Analytical data

Result SEVEN USBM SAMPLES AVERAGED 0.86 % NI
Result 0.028 % CO
Result AND 1.07 % CR

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.67227, 42.21788
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • APPEARS TO BE THE EROSIONAL REMNANT OF AN OLD LANDSLIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1942
Discoverer Freeport Sulfur

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Comments on the workings information

  • AUGER HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 100, 45P

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1978, INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON, ODGMI MISC. PAPER 20, P.31

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT COVERS ABOUT 40 ACRES WITH AN AVERAGE DEPTH OF 15 FEET

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1978 Smith, Roscoe M. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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