Cleopatra Nickel Deposit

Occurrence in Curry 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. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10225385
MRDS ID M015600
MAS/MILS ID 0410150182
Record type Site
Current site name Cleopatra Nickel Deposit
Alternate or previous names Cleopatra-Taylor Creek Prospects, Cleopatra Laterite
Related records 10033295

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -123.91786, 42.02482 (WGS84)
Elevation 963
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Curry(county)

Oregon(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Biscuit Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Grants Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Smith(hydrologic unit)

Northern California Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Klamath-Northern California Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

California(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 041 S 010 W 06 C SESE Oregon

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Unknown
Garnierite Unknown
Limonite Unknown
Serpentine Unknown
Wad Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -123.91786, 42.02482

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3M
    Length 2655M
    Width 925M
    Area 105HA
    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 FRACTURING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N00W:
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 105
    Date of Last Modification 821117

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1975

Mining district

District name Chetco

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Forest

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Capacity 400
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.32
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    OR. DEPT. GEOL. AND MIN. INDUST. BULLETIN 93, 1977, P. 48.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    P. 23-25.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORDS 060,070,080- LATERITIC SOIL COMPOSED OF HYDROUS FE CLAY MINERALS,WAD AND POSS. GAR- NIERITE WITH RESIDUAL QTZ. CHROMITE AND ETC.-RECORD 060 S.G.CALC. FOR A 80/20 ROCK TO S RATIO. RECORD 080 STRIKE= LONGESTDIMENSION OF ZONE,DIP DOESN RECORD 130. COVER DESCRIPTION DOES NOT APPLY. RECORD-080- CALC. IS FOR 4 SEPARATE BODIES WITHIN A LARGER ZONE MINE CAP EQUIP ZOOM WORK CAP 32M ACQ 0 EXP 0 DEV 0 LEAD TIME TAILS FROM NI-CO PLANT 272 MT AT 3.5% CR2O3 IS FEED GRAVITY THIS FEED -1/4 INCH SO NO CRUSH +BIN+CONVEY+SCREEN COSTS INC IN CHROMITE CAPITAL COST MADE UP GRAVITY PLANT $516,214. PLU DAY OPERATING EXPENSE $104,040. FOR TOTAL CAPITAL $620,254. 3 MOS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-92 Ramp U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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