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Sad Sack

Past Producer in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodity 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. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043072
MRDS ID M061557
Record type Site
Current site name Sad Sack
Alternate or previous names Black Princess, Nigger

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -123.72088, 42.42843 (WGS84)
Elevation 1073

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chrome Ridge(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
Willamette 036S 009W 23 NE Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ASSAY 47.45% CR2O3, 9.89% FE, FROM MASSIVE CHROMITE WITH CALCITE VEINLETS
Result SIMILAR SAMPLE WITH ASSOCIATED SERPENTINE - 39.04% CR2O3, 9.78% FE

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -123.72088, 42.42843
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Shearing

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Length 1.22M
    Width 0.46M

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geol.Desc: In Narrow Faulted Strip Of Serpentine Bounded By Rogue Fm.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chrome Ridge

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Robertson, W.S., and Associates
    Interest 100
    Home office Grants Pass, OR
    Year 1957

Production statistics

  • Year 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3 (Conc)
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 44wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 44wt-pct
  • Year 1955
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^46. % Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 46wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Period 1951-1957
    Material ORE (CR)
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^43% Cr2o3 To 51% Cr2o3
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Material ORE
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Ap_Grade: ^44. % Cr2o3, 3.0 Cr, Fe
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Cr2O3 Chromium Chromium 44wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • Cumulative Prod. Listed For Black Princess, Annual Production For Sad Sack, Same Operators Very Likely Same Mine.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Ramp, Len, 1961, Chromite In Southwestern Oregon: Oregon Dept. Geology And Mineral Ind. Bulletin 52, 169 P.

  • Deposit

    Ramp, L. And Peterson, N.V., 1979, Geology And Mineral Resources Of Josephine County, Oregon; ODGMI Bulletin 100, 45p

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Record Number (M013468) Has Been Merged With This Record And Deleted From The Oregon File.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1995 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-APR-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
Reporter 21-AUG-1992 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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