| Deposit ID | 10043172 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M061703 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Basey Chromite Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Black Warrior |
| Geographic coordinates: | -122.83669, 42.04316 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1853 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jackson(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Siskiyou Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Medford(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper Klamath(hydrologic unit)
Klamath(hydrologic accounting unit)
Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
California(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Klamath National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Jackson |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 040S | 001W | 32 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Anthophyllite | Gangue |
| Magnetite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite |
| (1) | -122.83669, 42.04316 |
|---|
| Strike | N30W |
|---|---|
| Dip | SW |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Red Mountain |
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| Ownership category | Private |
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| Year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ? | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^35% Cr2o3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1944 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material | ? | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^39% Cr2o3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1954 50% CR2O3 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ? | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Ap_Grade: ^37% Cr2o3 | ||||||||||||||
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| Year | 1954 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Period | 1942-1954 | ||||||||||||||
| Material | ORE | ||||||||||||||
| Accuracy | Estimate | ||||||||||||||
| Description | Cp_Grade: ^38.7% Cr203 (Weighted Average) | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M061703 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410290323 |
RAMP, LEN, 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON: OREGON DEPT. GEOLOGY AND MINERAL IND. BULL. 52, 169 P.
THAYER, T.P., 1974, UNPUBLISHED DATA
FERNS, M.L., 1979, PETROLOGY AND PETROGRAPHY OF THE WRANGLE GAP-RED MOUNTAIN ULTRAMAFIC BODY; UNIV. OREGON MS THESIS, 124PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NW FAULT CUTS OFF ORE TO NORTH |
| Deposit | RECORD NUMBERS (M013853) AND (M061738) HAVE BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAR-1974 | Johnson, Maureen G. | U.S. Geological Survey | |
| Updater | 01-DEC-1980 | 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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