Red Baron Group

Prospect in Josephine county in Oregon, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, Iron, Nickel
Sections on this page
  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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Mineral rights holdings
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10152678
MRDS ID M015589
MAS/MILS ID 0410330647
Record type Site
Current site name Red Baron Group
Alternate or previous names Red Baron Nickel Deposit, Josephine Creek Prospects
Related records 10098337

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES:RED BARON NI DEP.-MAY BE SAME AS SEQ#0410330426- HINKE LAKE. DROPPED FROM EVALUATION DURING FY 1980

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Pit
Geographic coordinates: -123.71806, 42.16792 (WGS84)
Elevation 683
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Josephine(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cave Junction(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 Josephine

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 039 S 009 W 24 NWNWNW Oregon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Secondary
Cobalt Critical Secondary
Iron Tertiary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcedony Unknown
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Goethite Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Talc Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Pit (1) -123.71806, 42.16792

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2M
    Length 3621M
    Width 1408M
    Area 40HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin RESIDUAL CONCENT
    Secondary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N45E:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 40
    Date of Last Modification 830316

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1974

Mining district

District name Waldo

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Walt Freeman Et Al
    Interest 100
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. MISC. PAPER 20, 1978,

  • Deposit

    P. 35.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAY BE SAME AS 0410330426, HINKE LAKE. DEPOSIT IS RHODOMITE AND SUPERFICIALLY ALTERED RHODONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-93 Ramp U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.