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Last Drink No. 1

Occurrence in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Palladium, Platinum, Iridium, Ruthenium, Rhodium
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Ownership information
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043136
MRDS ID M061644
Record type Site
Current site name Last Drink No. 1
Alternate or previous names Blue Bucket No. 5
Related records 10249443

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.79504, 42.01232 (WGS84)
Elevation 622
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.5 MI SOUTHEAST OF BAIN STATION NEAR CALIF.-OREG. BORDER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin 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

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 041S 009W 07,08 SW4 OF SW4 (08); E2 OF E2 (07) Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. ON SOUTH BANK OF WHISKEY CREEK. UTM GIVEN IS FOR PGE SAMPLE SITE LOCATION (WHICH IS ON NORTH SIDE OF CREEK) LAT/LONG GIVEN IS ON SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK AT END OF TRAIL SHOWN ON TOPO MAP; UTM FOR THIS IS 4651250N, 434280E.

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Olivine Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result NODULAR ORE IN ALTERED SAXONITE - 27.52% CR2O3, 14.52% FE, 17.67% MGO, 12.56% SIO2
Result PANNED CONCENTRATE ASSAYED 42.35% CR2O3, 13.52% FE. 1 PGE ANALYSIS: PT=13 PPB
Result PD=6 PPB
Result IR=<20 PPB
Result RU=200 PPB
Result RH=<5 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 Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Rock unit name Josephine Ophiolite
    Rock description Josephine Ophiolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.79504, 42.01232
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NODULAR CHROMITE
    Strike W TO N68W
    Dip 50-70N
    Width 0.36M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Magmatic Segregation

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Waldo Area

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Myrtle Creek Mining Co.
    First year 1958

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 HAND DUG CUTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES BULLETIN 52, P. 156.

  • 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.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-76 Johnson, Maureen G. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-81 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
Updater 01-MAY-89 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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