| Deposit ID | 10095345 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | M025546 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Liberty Chrome |
| Alternate or previous names | Province Chrome Lode, Campbell, Last Chance |
| Related records | 10128398 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -118.73716, 44.33041 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 1875 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
| Relative position | Est Within 0.5 Mi Radius Of Coordinates, Possibly To North. |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Grant(county)
Oregon(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Strawberry Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
John Day(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Canyon City(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Upper John Day(hydrologic unit)
John Day(hydrologic accounting unit)
Middle Columbia(hydrologic subregion)
Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Malheur National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness(Wilderness)
Wilderness FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Oregon | Grant |
| Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willamette | 014S | 033E | 27 | NE4 OF NW4 | Oregon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Result | 12% CR, 0.16% NI |
|---|---|
| Result | 33.2% CR2O3, 0.16% NI. STOCKPILE SAMPLE ASSAYED 22.7% CR2O3, 0.17% NI, 0.14% CU, 0.002 OZ/TON PT. TWO SAMPLES FROM STOCKPILE ASSAYED 8.3 AND 18.7% CR2O3 AND 0.22% NI EACH. ANOTHER SAMPLE HAD 0.02 OZ/TON PT, 33.8% CR2O3, O.25% NI. CONCENTRATE FROM LAST SAMPLE YEILDED CR:FE = 1.87:1 |
| Model code | 15 |
|---|---|
| USGS model code | 8a |
| Deposit model name | Podiform chromite (minor) |
| Mark3 model number | none |
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite |
| Rock unit name | Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex |
| Rock description | Canyon Mountain Complex;Canyon Mountain Complex |
| (1) | -118.73716, 44.33041 |
|---|
| General form | PODS AND LENSES |
|---|---|
| Width | 3.05M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1918 |
| Discoverer | C.H. Morgan |
| District name | Canyon City District |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|---|
| Area name | Malheur Natioal Forest |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | M025546 | |
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0410230565 |
STOTELMEYER, R.B., 1977, ECONOMIC APPARISAL OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON, IN MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STRAWBERRY MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS AND ADJACENT AREAS, GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-420, P. 91-93.
THAYER, T.P., 1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, OREGON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 922-D, P. 108-109.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | 6 IN. WIDE CHROMITE BANDS OCCUR IN A 10 FT WIDE CR-BEARING ZONE |
| Deposit | SEE ALSO: MRDS M046809, M046808. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-82 | 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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