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Smith River

Occurrence in Curry county in Oregon, United States with commodities Nickel, Chromium, Cobalt
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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. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10043185
MRDS ID M061718
Record type Site
Current site name Smith River
Related records 10176823

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.97783, 42.01454 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
041S 011W 10 E Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Soil Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Syncline Structure, Serpentine

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.97783, 42.01454
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category National Forest
Area name Siskiyou National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kenaston, Charles

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, LEN, 1978 , INVESTIGATIONS OF NICKEL IN OREGON: ODGMI MISC. PAPER NO. 20 , P. 39 - 40

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.49

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1985 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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