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Paradise No. 2

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Rhodium, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium
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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. Ore body information
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042854
MRDS ID M061084
Record type Site
Current site name Paradise No. 2
Alternate or previous names G.P. #75, Deer Creek Chrome No.1
Related records 10225277

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.41476, 42.21954 (WGS84)
Elevation 924
Relative position 7 MI WEST OF WILLIAMS, 14 MI SOUTH OF SELMA

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kerby Peak(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

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 038S 006W 33 SW4 OF SE4 Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NEAR HEADWATERS OF SOUTH FORK OF DEER CREEK. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION. LAT/LONG GIVEN ARE FOR MINE SYMBOL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4673750N, 465860E.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Ruthenium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 3.5 FT CHIP SAMPLE=28.76% CR2O3, 8.90% FE, 14.90% SIO2
Result CONCENTRATES=40.82% CR2O3, 14.09% FE
Result CR:FE RATIO IS 1.9
Result 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=19 PPB
Result PD=4 PPB
Result IR=70 PPB
Result RU=200 PPB
Result RH=18 PPB.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Rock description Pearsoll Peak Ophiolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.41476, 42.21954
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form DISSEMINATED, MASSIVE
    Strike N15E
    Dip 65SE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COUNTRY ROCK IS A SILL-LIKE, HIGHLY SHEARED SERPENTINE MASS IN SLATES AND METAVOLCANICS OF THE APPLEGATE GROUP. A HORNBLENDE DIORITE DIKE ON PORPERTY IS LESS THAN 8 FT THICK AND PARTLY ALTERED TO RODINGITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hughes, Max E.
    First year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1954-1958
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^42-48% Cr203 (Conc.)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 46wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • MOST ORE LOW GRADE, HAD TO BE MIXED WITH HIGHER GRADE ORE FROM OTHER SOURCES

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 23.47M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TUNNEL AND OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 137.

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T.P., 1974, U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, UNPUB. DATA.

  • Deposit

    PAGE, N.J, JOHNSON, M.G., HAFFTY, JOSEPH, AND RAMP, LEN, 1975, OCCURRENCE OF PLATINUM GROUP METALS IN ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS OF THE MEDFORD-COOS BAY 2 DEGREE QUADRANGLE, SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-694, SCALE 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, AND PETERSON, N.V., 1979, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 100, TABLE 1.

  • Deposit

    CARLSON, C.A., AND OTHERS, 1985, ANALYSES FOR PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS IN SAMPLES FROM PODIFORM CHROMITE DEPOSITS, CALIFORNIA AND OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 85-442, 14 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED AND MASSIVE ORE ARE PRESENT IN ABOUT EQUAL AMOUNTS, IN NARROW SINUOUS CHROMITE ZONE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1976 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-1989 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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