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Powers Mine

Past Producer in Grant county in Oregon, United States with commodity Chromium
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10098325
MRDS ID M014904
Record type Site
Current site name Powers Mine
Related records 10249518

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.8905, 44.38346 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

John Day(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 032E 04 W OF W OF W OF W Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • WEST EDGE OF SECTION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 40 % OR MORE OF CHROMIC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite
    Rock unit name Canyon Mountain Complex
    Rock description Canyon Mountain Complex
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.8905, 44.38346
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form EQUAL PARTS OF HIGH-GRADE MASSIVE CHROMITE AND LOW-GRADE SPOTTED ORE
    Strike N 50 DEG W
    Dip 60 DEG S
    Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLANAR BANDING IS WELL DEVELOPED PARALLEL TO WALLS OF ORE BODY. AT NW END OF DEPOSITS, CHROMITE GRAINS STRING OUT INTO DUNITE AND OLIVINITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years JAN. 1917 TO AUG. 1918

Mining district

District name Canyon

Comments on the production information

  • 480 TONS

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF TRENCHES AND OPEN CUTS AND TWO TUNNELS, WHICH EXTEND OVER HORIZONTAL DISTANCE OF 250 FT. AND VERTICAL RANGE OF 50 OR 60 FT.480 TONS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 33 - 34

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1978 Bradley, Robin (Walker, George W.) U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-AUG-1993 Gray, Jerry J. Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries

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