The Delore Prospects is a chromium and iron mine located in Grant county, Oregon.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Delore Prospects MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Delore Prospects
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Primary: Iron
Location
State: Oregon
County: Grant
District: Murderer'S Creek
Land Status
Administrative Organization: Malheur Natioal Forest
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Podiform
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Columbia Plateau
Physiographic Section: Walla Walla Plateau
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SMALL SHEARED LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: AVERAGES 54 % OF CHROMIC OXIDE.
Analytical Data: ORE IS SOMEWHAT MAGNETIC, CONTAINS 21 % OF IRON
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Production): 50 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Workings): WORKINGS INCLUDE 8 OPEN CUTS. 50 TONS OF ORE.
Comment (Location): W 1/2 SEC. 27, SE 1/4 SEC. 28
Comment (Deposit): DENSE BLACK CHROMITE
Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: FINE-GRAINED BROWN CHROMITE COATINGS ON SLICKENSIDED SURFACES IN SERPENTINE ARE UNUSUALLY PROMINENT.
References
Reference (Deposit): OREGON METAL MINES HANDBOOK, 1941 , ODGMI BULL. 14 - B, P. 151 .
Reference (Deposit): WESTGATE, L. G., 1920 , DEPOSITS OF CHROMITE IN EASTERN OREGON: USGS BULL. 725 - A, P.
Reference (Deposit): THAYER, T. P., 1940 , CROMITE DEPOSITS OF GRANT COUNTY, ORE.: USGS BULL 922 - D, P. 112 .
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