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Prater Deposit

Past Producer in Jackson 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. 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043118
MRDS ID M061618
Record type Site
Current site name Prater Deposit
Related records 10298859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.85474, 42.14539 (WGS84)
Elevation 1006

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jackson(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Talent(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Applegate(hydrologic unit)

Southern Oregon Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Oregon-Washington Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039S 001W 30 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result ASSAYS RANGE FROM 26.61% CR2O3 & 7.61% FE TO 44.76% CR2O3 & 10.33% FE
Result AVERAGE GRADE IS LOWER

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.85474, 42.14539
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 50 NE
    Length 6.1M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PERIDOTITE COUNTRY ROCK ALTERED TO A TALC - CARBONATE SCHIST

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINED OUT ORE BOTTOMED ABRUBTLY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1972 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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