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Haggard and New

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. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Production statistics
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102957
MRDS ID M014924
Record type Site
Current site name Haggard and New
Related records 10177381

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.87828, 44.36263 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Grant(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canyon 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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Oregon Grant

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 014S 032E 16 NE Oregon

Comments on the location information

  • NE 1/4

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result SOFT, FRIABLE CHROMITE WITH VERY LITTLE GANGUE. ORE ASSAYS 35 TO 40 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite
    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) -118.87828, 44.36263
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form KIDNEYS & DISSEMINATED BANDS
    Strike N 45 DEG E
    Dip 45 DEG S

Comments on the geologic information

  • "BUCKSKIN" PERIDOTITE VARYING TO FINE-GRAINED APHANITIC DUNITE. ; GEOL.DESC: COUNTRY ROCK IS RELATIVELY UNALTERED AND MASSIVE WITH WIDELY SPACED JOINTING.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Canyon

Land status

Ownership category
Area name Malheur Natioal Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emery Molauder
    Home office Canyon City Or.

Production statistics

  • Year 1958
    Period 1944-1958
    Material CONC.(CR)
    Accuracy Accurate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^47% Cr203
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Cr2O3 Conc. Chromium Chromium 47wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • NO RECORDED PRODUCTION BETWEEN WWI AND 1944.

Comments on the workings information

  • ABOUT 245 FT OF TUNNELS - MOSTLY WORKED DURING WORLD WAR 1 NO RECORDED PRODUCTION BETWEEN WWI AND 1944.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLEN, J. E., 1938 , CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN OREGON : ODGMI, BULL 9., P. 58 .

  • Deposit

    OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI, BULL. 14 - B, P. 25 - 26 .

  • Deposit

    WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON, USGS BULL 725 - A P. 45 .

  • Production

    ODGMI FILES

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD ( W017038 ) HAS BEEN MERGED WITH THIS RECORD, AND DELETED FROM THE OREGON FILE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1976 Lee, W. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUN-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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