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Lost Lee Claim

Producer in Curry 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. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10109299
MRDS ID M013207
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Lee Claim

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -123.8406, 42.0276 (WGS84)
Relative position SE1/4

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Buckskin Peak(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Illinois(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 Curry

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 41S 10W 02 Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result 41 % CR2O3, 11 % FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Josephine Peridotite
    Rock description Josephine Peridotite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Jurassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -123.8406, 42.0276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N40E
    Dip 65W

Comments on the geologic information

  • HARD, BLOCKY SERPENTINE ALTERED FROM OLIVINE-RICH PERIDOTITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Chetco

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 10 TONS MINED.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY A SMALL OPEN CUT AND A 40-FOOT INCLINED SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L. AND OTHERS, 1977, GEOLOGY, MINERAL RESOURCES AND ROCK MATERIAL OF CURRY COUNTY, OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 93, P.31

  • Deposit

    RAMP, L., 1961, CHROMITE IN SOUTHWESTERN OREGON; ODGMI BULL. 52, P.115

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1974 Lee, W U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1981 Ferns, Mark L. (Brooks, Howard C.) U.S. Geological Survey

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