New Hope Claim

Past Producer in Jackson county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043173
MRDS ID M061704
Record type Site
Current site name New Hope Claim
Related records 10152760

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -122.84446, 42.08289 (WGS84)
Elevation 1753

Site location context

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)

Applegate(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 Jackson

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 040S 001W 20 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Analytical data

Result 5 ASSAYS RANGED FROM 23.80% TO 49.10% CR2O3 AND 8.07% TO 15.00% FE
Result ONE SIO2 ASSAY AT 7.70%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -122.84446, 42.08289

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form 6-8 INCH STRINGERS
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Red Mountain

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Rogue River National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • RAMP GIVES FIGURES IN D1, THAYER IN D2, DO NOT ADD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    THAYER, T. P., 1974, UNPUBL. DATA

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD NUMBER (M013850) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.